Kenya
Footprints show two human species crossed paths 1.5 million years ago
One had an ape-like big toe, the other a high arch. One was a juvenile, another had a stiff foot.
- Will Dunham
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Seeing the world’s loneliest animal moved me to tears. Now there’s hope
The northern white rhino is on the brink of extinction. But a laboratory in Germany may now have the means to save them.
- Sue Williams
Kenya’s intoxicating national tipple has surprising origins
Dawa started out as an experiment in a Mombasa garden. It’s one of the most refreshing cocktails around, but drinking it entails ritual.
- Catherine Marshall
Aussies are flocking to the real-life inspiration for a Disney hit
More than 30 years ago the chair of Walt Disney Studios went on a safari and the impact of that trip is still felt today.
- Sue Williams
Olympic marathon runner dies after being set on fire by boyfriend
Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, had sustained burns to 80 per cent of her body.
Tarzan meets Robinson Crusoe at these incredible treehouses
Now you can stay in a luxury tented suite in the treetops overlooking the Ntiakitiak River within the 150,000-hectare Masai Mara National Reserve.
- Julietta Jameson
Australian charity deregistered as false claims over children emerge
Former soldier Adam Whittington’s Project Rescue Children is also accused of using unsuspecting children as props to attract donations, according to a BBC investigation.
- Cameron Houston
- Opinion
- Paris 2024
‘She said I was marvellous’: Why world record breaker congratulated Aussie rival
Jessica Hull set an Australian record in the 1500m final of Sunday’s Diamond League meeting – but was still beaten by track legend Faith Kipyegon.
- Peter FitzSimons
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- Paris 2024
Records tumble on eve of Olympics, including one that stood since 1987, as athletics team finalised
The women’s high jump world record stood at 2.09 metres for 37 years until it was broken at the weekend at the same meet where Australian runner Jess Hull set a blistering pace of her own only to be up against a rival who also set a new world record.
- Michael Gleeson
After 20 years, I finally returned to the Kenyan refugee camp I’d left for a new life
I went from being a 17-year-old who appreciated a glass of water to a clichéd Melburnian coffee snob who needs three cups a day.
- Nyadol Nyuon
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