The reality, however, is that the right of the Maasai to use that land is being taken away by the government. The land is then leased to expand lucrative wildlife tourism and elite hunting grounds.

Tanzania solo travel can be an amazing experience. This ultimate guide shares everything you need to know for a safe & fun ...

Volcanoes are ecologically sensitive areas that often witness the wrath of nature. With an unstable landscape, warm temperatures, and the release of toxic gases, these areas are as unique as they are ...

Overall, it appears that less than 10% of the conservation priority areas for the three Cupressaceae species in China are protected by nature reserves; for T. sutchuenensis, this figure is less than 1 ...

What is the hottest volcano of them all? It depends on how you define “hottest,” but a fascinating new analysis crunches the numbers in a few different ways, using satellite observations of 95 of ...

Conservation biology is the study of attempts to protect and preserve biodiversity. It focuses on both the biological and social factors that affect the success of conservation efforts and on ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 3 after its explosive eruption on December 9.

If a future submarine volcano shows similar signals but lies closer to inhabited regions, the same methods could help governments plan. Real-time data streams might allow them to evacuate at-risk ...

Thousands of civilians in a remote part of northeastern Ethiopia are being evacuated after potentially dangerous volcanic activity ... are being taken to safer areas within the region.

Nearly two centuries after a massive volcanic eruption cooled Earth’s climate, scientists have identified the source: the Zavaritskii volcano in the remote Kuril Islands. For almost 200 years ...

The 2009 eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano, Kuril Islands, viewed from the International Space ... [+] Station. A new study says that a similar eruption was behind a cooling event with worldwide ...

The 'mystery volcano' was Zavaritskii, also spelled as Zavaritsky. It is situated on Simushir Island, a part of the Kuril Islands archipelago -- a disputed area by Russia and Japan. As per their ...