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 in Africa is a true hotspot of organismal diversity. Approximately 240 species of cichlid fishes have evolved in this lake in less than 10 million years. A research team from the ...

"People throughout south-central Africa depend on the fish from Lake Tanganyika as a crucial source of protein," said study co-author Andrew S. Cohen, a UA professor of geosciences. "This resource ...

fish were swimming quite happily in Lake Tanganyika. The lake itself – now classed as one of Africa’s Great Lakes, with its ...

Siberia’s Lake Baikal plunges more than 5,000 feet, and Africa’s Lake Tanganyika is nearly as deep. In the Patagonia region of South America, glacial lakes dot the landscape—their bright ...

“It must be God’s plan.” Lake Tanganyika is Africa’s longest reservoir of fresh water and a lifeblood for the millions who ...

The five-year research grant is for a project titled “The Impact of Climate Change on Functional Biodiversity Across Spatiotemporal Scales at Lake Tanganyika, Africa.” The project was selected through ...

Gustave spends his days on a small river island near Lake Tanganyika, the second largest lake in Eastern Africa. However, during mating season Gustave travels along the banks of the Ruzizi River ...

Burundi — Deadly floods are wreaking havoc in many parts of East Africa that face torrential rainfall, with Burundi calling for international help to deal with the aftermath. Lake Tanganyika's ...

"There is a killer on the loose in the heart of Africa. Over the past few years, more than 200 people near Lake Tanganyika have been killed by a gigantic, predatory crocodile estimated to be 30 ...

Dagaa, or small sardine fish, laid out to dry on tarps and raised drying racks in Katonga, a fishing village in northwestern Tanzania [Tristan Bove/Al Jazeera] Lake Tanganyika is Africa’s ...