In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that ...

Eastern Africa is undergoing a dramatic geological transformation, scientists reveal. A 'geological heartbeat' of molten rock ...

Beneath the African continent, powerful plumes of molten rock are slowly reshaping the land from below. Scientists studying this massive geological event have uncovered new clues about what lies below ...

The nonprofit APOPO has worked in Morogoro, Tanzania, for more than two decades to train African giant pouched rats for ...

Background Infertility is a significant reproductive health issue that affects couples physically, emotionally and socially. This qualitative study aims to explore the psycho-social experiences and ...

Hero rats’ in Africa’s Tanzania are playing an unusual but crucial role as they help to detect landmines and identify ...

Researchers can study volcanic deposits at archaeological sites to piece together how ancient people responded to catastrophic events.

A new genomic analysis of nomadic herders in Kenya has revealed the unique genetic adaptations that help the Turkana people ...

A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past garbage, toppled furniture and ...

In collaboration with Turkana communities, U.S. and Kenyan researchers analyzed Turkana genomes to uncover key genetic adaptations underlying survival in hot and dry environments, revealing how ...

The nomadic Turkana people of Northwest Kenya are superbly adapted to living in one of the hottest and driest places on Earth, with so little greenery ...

A rhythmic mantle plume, like a "geological heartbeat," was discovered beneath Ethiopia at the Afar Depression, ripping the ...