Across East Africa, shifting tectonic plates, towering volcanoes and vast lakes are transforming the landscape in real time.

This rift is slowly pulling the African continent apart, and over millions of years, it could isolate the eastern portion of ...

A BBC/Animal Planet co-production, the three-part series focuses on the landscape and wildlife of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Magnetic data collected in the late 1960s reveals how the ...

The dusty town of Naivasha sits within the Great Rift Valley, where the African continent is being divided into two. About 90 kilometers northwest of Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi, Naivasha welcomes ...