A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water ...

The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, scientists say.

Time and time again, Hollywood has embraced an imminent apocalypse, as films like “2012” beamed the fictionalized end of the world onto the big screen. Fortunately, the scientific logic for many such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A satellite image of Lake Shala (blue), Lake Abijatta (green) and Lake Langano (yellow) captured by the Landsat 8 satellite on ...

A swarm of earth tremors and fears of volcanic eruptions in January forced tens of thousands of people to move away from Awash Fentale, an area in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The area falls within a ...