This striking, false-color satellite image shows the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo. The neighboring peaks are among Africa's ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is ...

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

Beneath the African continent, powerful plumes of molten rock are slowly reshaping the land from below. Scientists studying ...

Mount Elgon on the Uganda-Kenya border boasts one of Africa's largest intact calderas surrounded by lush vegetation and flora ...

Last May, a US magazine reported on a geological change taking place in Africa that could be very slowly splitting the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: The East African Rift System (EARS) is one of the most impressive geologic features on the planet—not to mention one of the most volcanically active and ...

Active volcanoes prompted ash warnings and set nerves on edge in Italy, Mexico and the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend. Mount Etna showered ash over Catania in eastern Sicily Sunday and ...

Activities in the new Volcanoes Safaris itinerary include chimpanzee habituation experiences in Kibale Forest as well as fireside chats with primatologists from the Kibale Chimpanzee Project. Photo ...

The team will consist of more than 10 young people. Those wishing to participate can apply from September 16 through October 23.