Rake-thin with teeth stained a deep brown from decades of drinking untreated lake water high in fluoride, 62-year-old John ...

By Christopher Clark Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often portrayed as a region in perpetual crisis due to climate change.

Africa’s Turkana Rift Zone, a hotbed of hominin fossils, is caught in the act of “necking," a critical transition toward ...

Africa’s widening rift is thinning the crust and reshaping the land, helping preserve fossils that reveal new clues about human history.

Eastern Africa is breaking up faster than previously thought, according to new research published in Nature Communications.

US and Kenyan researchers have collaborated on a study that has revealed more about genetic adaptations in people that have occurred because of environmental pressures. This effort focused on people ...

A vast new ocean stretching hundreds of miles could one day split Africa in two, scientists have warned, after discovering the continent is already tearing itself apart deep benea ...

Winners of the 35th Anniversary International Wildlife Film Festival have been announced. The films will be honored during the festival, held May 5 to 12 in Missoula, Montana. In total, PBS programs ...

(FrankRamspott/E+/Getty Images) Geologists have discovered that the African continent will split apart sooner than we thought. An active rift has reached a "critical threshold" and will soon break ...