The 24th annual African American Cultural Celebration was held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Visitors of all ages and backgrounds had the opportunity to explore the ...

Giraffes are among the world's most recognizable animals. With their elongated necks and long legs, their gracious movements ...

It’s been 10 years since Norwegian neuroscientists May-Britt and Edvard Moser won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of ...

Ebola occurs when someone is infected with orthoebolavirus zairense, which is a virus mainly found in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum earlier this month jokingly suggested North America, including the United States, be renamed "Mexican America" - a historic name used on an early map of the region.

By Saikou Jammeh Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Three military-ruled countries have officially withdrawn from the West African regional alliance known as ECOWAS, the bloc said on Wednesday ...

How important are your high school grades for your future? By The Learning Network Looking for new ways to get students reading and responding to nonfiction? Try these exercises for discussion ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear capability, state media reports South Korea’s military ...

Though U.S. maps will reflect Trump's new name for the body of water, the rest of the world will continue calling it the Gulf of Mexico Win McNamee/Getty; Google Maps Google Maps will soon change ...

Google says it will take its cue from the US government and change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali – the highest mountain in North America – on its maps in the United States.