African lake turns animals into statues Tanzania's Lake Natron calcifies the animals that die in its waters, and Nick Brandt captures them with eerie photographs.

​How a caustic lake in Tanzania became a flamingo paradise First and foremost, it comes down to diet.

Hundreds Of Ancient Human Footprints Found Near African Volcano Scientists working in Tanzania have cataloged a large and extremely rare trove of human footprints left behind some 5,000 to 19,000 years ago when a group of people slogged their way across muddy terrain along the southern shore of Lake Natron.

One of the World's Most Unusual Plants Is Disappearing What's happened to the supersize, fluffy balls that once thrived in a northern lake?

Leaked Videos Of Wildlife Abuse Spark Corruption Scandal In Tanzania Lake Natron, in Tanzania, is a serene expanse of water where flamingoes stop on their migration, below the titanic bulk of Ol Doinyo Lengai, an active vo...

Tanzania Burundi Refugee Crisis Photos by Jerome Delay

Lake Natron Fireflies -- National Geographic Photo of the Day The southern Milky Way competes with a firefly display near Tanzania's Lake Natron in this National Geographic Photo of the Day from our Your Shot community.

Dangerously Saline Red Lake Natron in Tanzania A very shallow salt lake is very dangerous for those, who are not adjusted: the temperature can reach 60ºC and its ph level is 10!