This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The world's most seemingly-toxic lakes are under threat. And they are also home to one of our most familiar birds: ...

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 the ...

Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is notorious for killing and preserving dead animals. If you died in its waters, its high levels of sodium carbonate would mummify your body. But instead of taking a ...

Tata Chemicals, a division of the biggest multinational industrial conglomerate in India, is planning to build a huge soda ash plant at Lake Natron, one of the most important lakes for waterbirds in ...

THINK PINK in the wilds of East Africa. At Tanzania’s Lake Natron, lesser flamingoes are a pastel crowd, their salmon-colored plumage glowing as vast flocks fly overhead or wade in a shallow lake.

In a choice between flamingoes and a soda ash plant, a new report shows that local residents near Lake Natron, Tanzania prefer flamingoes. This is good news for conservationists as the area is the ...

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They say Lake Natron is the most toxic lake on Earth. The alkalinity in the water is not far off from household bleach. The wind barely ruffles the lake’s salt-saturated water, making it act as a ...