This sprawling African nation is home to verdant wetlands, vast plains and a wealth of fascinating bird species.

Lakes, natural and man-made, provide water, food and habitats for wildlife, and also support local economies. Around the ...

Languages: English. There are some alarming parallels between the harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Kenya's Lake Victoria and those in Lake Erie, a new study has found. By studying the Winam Gulf ...

Lake Victoria, the world’s second-largest freshwater lake, supports over 47 million people across East Africa. Rapid population growth and climate change are worsening pollution from inadequate ...

The lake in question is Lake Victoria, which is shared by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania and covers an area so big that it looks more like an inland sea than a lake. With a surface area of 26,600 ...

The Winam Gulf of Kenya's Lake Victoria, a gulf with similar limnological properties and therefore could potentially be a model for Lake Erie in a warming climate, experiences harmful algal blooms ...

The problem is understudied in Africa’s main lakes, including its largest – Lake Victoria. Past research on cyanoHABs has mostly used microscopy to study the kinds found there, but microscopy ...