Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes that mainly affects livestock. It can also infect humans. While most human cases remain mild, it can cause death. The disease ...

New research argues that the planet's rift valleys may indicate continuing tectonic activity, challenging the picture of a geologically inactive Venus.

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have published new details about the evolution of the East African Rift (EAR) Valley, one of the world's largest continental rift zones. Christopher ...

In the days before and after a rift opened in the Ethiopian Desert in September 2005, the ground shook with no fewer than 420 earthquakes. Volcanic activity bubbled across the landscape, sending ash ...

Three of Venus's largest rift valleys are widening right now — or stopped doing so so recently that the geological evidence is still fresh. That finding comes from the first high-resolution, ...