For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing. Can blending ancient ...

Picture the Sahara ... years ago the vast desert was an altogether different place: a verdant world of trees and rivers and home to megafauna such as hippos and elephants. Over the past decades ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth’s most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the ...

A GROUNDBREAKING discovery of two mummies has revealed a previously unknown human ancestor from over 7,000 years ago ... are thought to have roamed the Sahara Desert thousands of years ago.

The Sahara’s sand dunes don’t just roll languidly on the horizon; they rise like giants on the desert stage. Some of these dunes reach impressive heights of over 180 meters (590 feet ...

This significant discovery has illuminated the Sahara Desert in our quest to find our human origins. An interdisciplinary team from the Max Planck Institute, the University of Florence ...

Remi Benali / Corbis The Sahara is expanding southward at a rate of 30 miles per year—and part of the desert's recently ... Sunni pilgrims since the 13th century. After a visit in 1996, writer ...

The skies over Europe recently took on a dramatic ... was caused by a massive dust storm originating from the Sahara Desert. These events are not only visually captivating but also complex ...

You'll learn about their ancient lore and traditions, and experience their legendary hospitality over a cup of the mintiest ... limestone boulders of the White Desert, the ancient oracle temples ...

In desert communities frequented by tourists ... in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Houssine Youabeb is the ...