East Africa | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/east-africa/RSS feed for East AfricaenWed, 26 Nov 2025 20:58:36 +0000Ethiopian Volcano Erupts for the First Time in Nearly 12,000 Years of Scientific Recordshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ethiopian-volcano-erupts-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-12000-years-of-scientific-records-180987764/The plume from the Hayli Gubbi volcano drifted east over the Arabian Sea and extended roughly 2,200 milesWed, 26 Nov 2025 20:58:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ethiopian-volcano-erupts-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-12000-years-of-scientific-records-180987764/In 1909, Theodore Roosevelt Embarked on an Ambitious Expedition to East Africa. Here’s Why His Trip Still Matters Todayhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1909-theodore-roosevelt-embarked-on-an-ambitious-expedition-to-east-africa-heres-why-his-trip-still-matters-today-180987389/The 26th U.S. president is both lauded as a conservationist and condemned as a big-game hunter. A new book recounts the historic journey on which he helped form a significant collection of animals at the National Museum of Natural HistoryTue, 23 Sep 2025 17:25:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1909-theodore-roosevelt-embarked-on-an-ambitious-expedition-to-east-africa-heres-why-his-trip-still-matters-today-180987389/Understanding the Gaps in Africa's Archaeological Recordhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/understanding-the-gaps-in-africas-archaeological-record-180987132/Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats to this heritageFri, 15 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/understanding-the-gaps-in-africas-archaeological-record-180987132/A Mysterious Shipwreck Rests Just 20 Feet Below the Surface. It May Be Connected to Vasco da Gama's Final Voyagehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-mysterious-shipwreck-rests-just-20-feet-below-the-surface-it-may-be-connected-to-vasco-da-gamas-final-voyage-180985563/Researchers think a coral-covered vessel discovered off the Kenyan coast could be the "São Jorge," a galleon that sank 500 years agoTue, 03 Dec 2024 17:48:13 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-mysterious-shipwreck-rests-just-20-feet-below-the-surface-it-may-be-connected-to-vasco-da-gamas-final-voyage-180985563/What 'Lucy,' One of the World's Most Important Fossils, Has Taught Scientists in the 50 Years Since Her Discoveryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-lucy-one-of-the-worlds-most-important-fossils-has-taught-scientists-in-the-50-years-since-her-discovery-180985541/The famous early human is still providing lessons to anthropologists about prehistoric Earth and its inhabitantsTue, 26 Nov 2024 17:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-lucy-one-of-the-worlds-most-important-fossils-has-taught-scientists-in-the-50-years-since-her-discovery-180985541/How Will Climate Change Hurt Lesser Flamingos?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-will-climate-change-hurt-lesser-flamingos-180984669/Their food supply in East African lakes could collapse as rains increaseTue, 23 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-will-climate-change-hurt-lesser-flamingos-180984669/Stone Age People Survived a Supervolcano Eruption by Adapting to Dry Periods, Archaeologists Suggesthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-age-people-survived-a-supervolcano-eruption-by-adapting-to-dry-periods-archaeologists-suggest-180984024/Humans living in northwest Ethiopia around 74,000 years ago switched to eating more fish following the eruption, a behavior that might have enabled migration out of AfricaMon, 25 Mar 2024 20:40:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-age-people-survived-a-supervolcano-eruption-by-adapting-to-dry-periods-archaeologists-suggest-180984024/Giant Locust Swarms Could Expand to New Areas With Climate Change, Study Suggestshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/giant-locust-swarms-could-expand-to-new-areas-with-climate-change-study-suggests-180983800/In the coming decades, erratic periods of rain and drought could create new hot spots for the ravenous grasshoppers in west India and west central Asia, threatening crops and food securityWed, 21 Feb 2024 14:10:18 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/giant-locust-swarms-could-expand-to-new-areas-with-climate-change-study-suggests-180983800/Two Million Years Ago, This Homo Erectus Lived the High Lifehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/Dating of a child's fossilized jaw and teeth suggest our relatives lived at altitude earlier than once thoughtFri, 13 Oct 2023 17:50:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/Our Human Relatives Butchered and Ate Each Other 1.45 Million Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/our-human-relatives-butchered-and-ate-each-other-145-million-years-ago-180982425/Telltale marks on a bone from an early human’s leg could be the earliest evidence of cannibalismMon, 26 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/our-human-relatives-butchered-and-ate-each-other-145-million-years-ago-180982425/