Africa's beautiful lakes not only serve as key sources of water, food and transportation, but also act as borders—both ...

Unlike many other large lakes, its waters never fully mix, creating distinct layers that support its marine life.

In our search for places remote and bizarre, we stumbled upon a lake in Tanzania so toxic that any living creature that comes in contact with the lakewater, turns into stone-quite literally.

There are many huge lakes in the world, but very few are bigger than Africa’s largest. The lake is so big that it stretches across three countries and is named after English royalty.

Huang Xia, special representative of UN secretary-general, visiting countries in Great Lakes region ahead of UN Security ...

The problem is understudied in Africa's main lakes, including its largest - Lake Victoria. Past research on cyanoHABs has mostly used microscopy to study the kinds found there, but microscopy ...

A curious connection between an ancient supernova and virus diversification in one of Earth's biggest lakes means that crazy ...

It’s not what you do, it’s how readily you do it. Rapid evolutionary change might have more to do with how easily a key innovation can be gained or lost rather than with the innovation itself, ...

Lake Natron in Tanzania is extremely toxic with high alkalinity, turning animals into stone-like statues. Despite this, the lake is a crucial breeding ground for lesser flamingos, who thrive on ...