Lake Natron in Tanzania should not be on anyone’s bucket list this summer. On the border of Kenya and Tanzania lies Lake ...

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is ...

Lake Natron, located in northern Tanzania, is a striking and unusual body of water. Its red-hued surface and extreme chemical ...

Lake Natron in Tanzania mummifies animals in its toxic waters, yet it’s also a flamingo haven—where death, life, and surreal ...

How to Survive reveals what makes Lake Natron’s water so deadly, from its extreme alkalinity to its effects on wildlife and humans. They share survival advice for avoiding or coping with contact in ...

Lake Natron is a key mating ground for lesser endangered flamingo, but animals risk being frozen forever in its salt if they dare to go near its shores. Bacteria, which give the water its blood ...

Lake Natron in Tanzania is one of the most serene lakes in Africa, but it's also the source of some of the most phantasmagorical photographs ever captured — images that look as though living ...

Lesser flamingos feed on Lake Natron with Shompole Volcano in the background. Cinoby/iStock Lake Natron's red color comes from cyanobacteria that photosynthesize into bright red and orange hues as ...

Sometimes, truth is indeed more terrifying than fiction. In what could easily make for prime horror film fodder, a renowned photographer has captured stunning images of wildlife calcified by the ...

The Rift Valley's Lake Natron is the chosen mating ground of the endangered lesser flamingo. The long-legged waterfowl may flourish, but to any other living creature, Lake Natron is hell on earth.

Lake Natron has a chemical makeup that is so harsh, it is uninhabitable for most creatures. It is a "soda" lake, meaning it has high levels of dissolved sodium and carbonate. Due to this high ...