and Lake Tanganyika is no exception. (See more lake pictures.) The lake's incredible depth could also help explain the unusual diversity of its creatures, scientists say. Because it's so deep ...

The content is produced solely by The Conversation. Standing on the steep rocky shores of Lake Tanganyika at sunset, looking out at fishermen heading out for their nightly lamp-boat fishing trips ...

Lake Tanganyika’s surface waters are fertilised ... Italian festival of the snake-catchers revealed in colourful photos ...

Kigoma, Tanzania – Just as dawn’s first rays start creeping over western Tanzania’s gentle hills, a constellation of scattered torchlights moving across the water signals the arrival of the ...

A few million years ago, fish were swimming quite happily in Lake Tanganyika. The lake itself – now classed as one of ...

The city of Uvira in South Kivu is facing a severe humanitarian crisis as the waters of Lake Tanganyika continue to rise. The flooding has caused widespread destruction, with over 3,000 homes ...

"We've been underwater for years," said Asha, 32. The level of Lake Tanganyika rises cyclically but has been exacerbated by global warming, said Bernard Sindayihebura, an urban planning and ...

Lake Tanganyika's surface waters are currently warmer than at any time in the previous 1,500 years, a University of Arizona researcher and his colleagues report online in Nature Geoscience.

Where is it?In remote Western Tanzania, on a white-sand beach at the edge of Lake Tanganyika. In the forest behind are accessible groups of habituated chimps. What's the lodge season?Closed from ...

Lake Tanganyika is Africa's oldest lake and its fish are a critical part of the diet of neighbouring countries. But catches have declined markedly in recent decades as commercial fleets have expanded.

The content is produced solely by The Conversation. Standing on the steep rocky shores of Lake Tanganyika at sunset, looking out at fishermen heading out for their nightly lamp-boat fishing trips ...