Through a collaboration between U.S. and Kenyan researchers and Turkana communities of northern Kenya, scientists have uncovered key genetic adaptations underlying survival in hot and dry environments ...

What some people will do to get into the record books. But big guns and flying bullets? We tailed the Canadian High Commissioner's car through the deserted streets of Nairobi, Kenya, in the predawn ...

Soar over the extraordinary landscapes of Lake Turkana, Kenya, where shimmering jade-green waters meet volcanic islands, rugged lava fields, and vast desert shores. Drone captures striking aerial ...

Kenya will next year host the International Conference on Desert Locusts in a strategy to fight the menace. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi Thursday said the country was out to avert ...

Looking for the ultimate in hot, hot, really romantic settings? The desert can take romance to a whole new level in artfully curated, ultra-luxury African locations. Michael Lorentz, who started the ...

For the 75 years he has lived, Joseph Tolua, the village elder at Esonorua village, Kajiado County, has known livestock keeping as the only source of sustenance. In his community, both skill and stock ...

NAIROBI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Desert locusts have invaded Kenya's arid northeastern region, threatening maize and wheat crops, but the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday it was well prepared to fight ...

NAIROBI -- Kenya's Chalbi Desert is a bleak, forbidding stretch of coarse sand and ash-gray ridges broken by clusters of tiny huts. It is also one of the windiest places on Earth, experts say, and it ...

Njoki Mugo ended her 10-day stay in Greenville with relaxed shoulders, a belly full of chicken salad, and a suitcase full of spoons. The administrator of Maggie’s School in Kenya was visiting the ...

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 that they base their diet on animal products, ...