While continental drifts take eons to fully effectuate, this ongoing split has experts concerned about its rapid progress.

A journey of 38,000-kilometers begins with a single step. 12 years ago this month, journalist Paul Salopek set off on a journey that follows the first human migration out of Africa, starting in the ...

Meet the woman leading vaccine innovation in Senegal to fight Rift Valley fever and empower Africa’s next generation of ...

Africa has been gradually splitting into two, slowly creating what will be a new ocean. While we first learned about this two ...

By Gift Briton Global efforts for a Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine accelerate as South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics begins local development of mRNA vaccine.With no vaccine approved for human use yet, ...

AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert, first ...

The European Central Bank's president responded Friday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s accusation of unfair trade treatment ...

One of the world's continents is breaking apart faster than researchers previously predicted. The separation would create a ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began his continent-spanning walk in Ethiopia in January 2013. Since then, his Out ...

Rift Valley fever was first identified more than 90 years ago in Kenya. The disease occurs in humans after contact with infected animals, meaning pastoral farmers are commonly affected due to frequent ...

The moment when the first members of the extended human family, called hominins ... But this steep ravine in East Africa’s Great Rift Valley, which has played a key role in the understanding ...