US and Kenyan researchers have collaborated on a study that has revealed more about genetic adaptations in people that have occurred because of environmental pressures. This effort focused on people ...

The Turkana people of Northwest Kenya have adapted to one of the driest places on Earth by relying predominantly on the milk, meat, and blood from their herds of camels and goats. With up to 80 ...

In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that has endured for centuries. Their territory extends into Uganda, South Sudan ...

Cornell researchers have contributed to a multi-institutional study of how the nomadic Turkana people of northern Kenya—who have lived for thousands of years in extreme desert conditions—evolved to ...

Through a collaboration between U.S. and Kenyan researchers and Turkana communities of northern Kenya, scientists have uncovered key genetic adaptations underlying survival in hot and dry environments ...

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Angel Nakuja from Turkana has been given a new lease of life after undergoing a life-changing surgery to remove a tumour that ...

For decades, the vast natural wealth of Turkana County has coexisted with deep poverty and exclusion. Long viewed through the ...