An almost picturesque lake in Rwanda is actually home to a massive concentration of methane and carbon dioxide. The "killer lake" sits between the republics of Rwanda and Congo in Africa. The lake is ...

In a mesmerizing photograph taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2024, Lake Iro in Chad appeared as a giant silver mirror. The incredible sight was caused by ...

This stunning astronaut photo shows a rare phenomenon, known as a "sunglint", transforming a potential meteor crater lake into a giant silver mirror in the heart of Africa. Lake Iro, known locally as ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Two small, beady eyes are watching me. I’m close enough to see light swirling around the green irises, the black pupils reduced to the ...

Thousands of years of volcanic activity has caused a massive accumulation of methane and carbon dioxide to dissolve in the depths of Lake Kivu, enough to prove monumentally destructive if released.

Pierre Rochette receives funding from Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French ministry of Science), ET-Megafire grant ANR-21-CE49-0014-03. His mission to Iro lake was supported by the University of N ...

Heralded by fiery lava fountains and plumes of poisonous gas, a new lava lake has appeared atop one of Africa's most active volcanoes for the first time in 75 years. The lava lake at Nyamuragira ...

A ferry serving Lake Victoria in East Africa has been fitted with new Schottel propulsion systems. With an area of nearly 69,000 square meters, Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa—and a vital ...

Lake Tanganyika in Africa is a true hotspot of organismal diversity. Approximately 240 species of cichlid fishes have evolved in this lake in less than 10 million years. A research team has ...

Malawi, in southeastern Africa, is often confused with Mali, or even the Maldives in the Indian Ocean — but it is working hard right now to change that. On my one visit there about 20 years ago I ...