As a quarter of Kenya’s population faces severe food shortages, up to 40% of food produced is lost or wasted each year.

Scientists discover a genetic adaptation in Kenya’s Turkana people that helps them survive drinking much less water without ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study of the Turkana in Kenya reveals genetic adaptations to desert survival—and how those same traits may pose health risks ...

A desert community lives on a diet of blood and meat that would make most people sick.

The Great Rift Valley in northern Kenya is one of the world’s most important scientific landscapes. On the shores of Lake ...

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 ...

Cornell researchers have contributed to a multi-institutional study of how the nomadic Turkana people of northern Kenya—who have lived for thousands of years in extreme desert conditions—evolved to ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.

President William Ruto has announced plans to establish the Home of Human Origins Museum and Science Park in Turkana County. He spoke during the Tobong'u Lore Festival in Lodwar on Friday, October 25.

Saini Samim receives funding from the Melbourne Research Schorship provided by the University of Melbourne. She has also received funding from the Australian Research Council and the Turkana Basin ...

In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that has endured for centuries. Their territory extends into Uganda, South Sudan ...