Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, is facing a growing threat that's turning its waters green. This green color is derived from ...

The high ridges and alpine meadows of northern Peru’s Andes range are among the most spectacular landscapes on Earth. The mountains also are rich in gold, copper, and other minerals that have made ...

What has been killing the fish, ducks and birds in a lake at DeLand's Victoria Park? Residents aren't sure but the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is looking into the problem. Raquel ...

On a December morning, the early sunshine casts a golden sheen on the waters of Lake Victoria in Kenya’s Kisumu county. The breeze from the lake carries the melody of birds, as a small wooden boat ...

In a lakeside village in Kisumu County, women were forbidden from fishing. Until Rhoda Ongoche Akech defied the stigma.

From previous research we knew that the lake dried up twice, at 17,000 and 15,000 years ago. Lake Victoria is the world’s largest tropical freshwater lake. At 68,800km², it’s also the second-largest ...

Around the islands inside Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two new species of fish are on the hunt for snails. Omar via Unsplash In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, rocky outcrops ...

Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater body in the world. Over the last four decades, however, the lake has faced a number of environmental problems, including pollution, biodiversity loss, ...

A Precision Air flight crashed into Lake Victoria Sunday morning, killing 19 people including both pilots. The disaster occurred shortly after take off at 8:50 a.m. local time when the ATR-42 aircraft ...

Learn which lake is called the Jewel of Africa, where Lake Victoria is located, why it earned the name, and key facts about its massive size. Lake Victoria is known as the Jewel of Africa. It is a ...