New climate research warns that a wetter Sahara Desert could be in our future, as major rainfall increases and reduced ...

The Numbers Don't Lie About Desert Growth The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new ...

Two genomes from 7,000 years ago found in the Takarkori rock shelter reveal a lost lineage from North Africa in the Green Sahara.

(Reuters) -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 ...

The Sahara Desert — one of the driest places on the planet, where rain is practically unheard of at this time of year — is about to experience an exceptionally rare deluge. Computer models show the ...

Captive-bred scimitar-horned oryx are successfully reintroduced into the Sahara Desert, restoring ecosystems and showing ...

The Sahara is hiding a perfect 50-kilometre bullseye that can be seen only from space. What carved this giant eye into the ...

For those who find themselves awed by arid landscapes, there’s no place like Africa. The continent boasts nine separate deserts, including a vast Sahara that sprawls across much of the north, the rust ...

Few lions remain in desert Africa (Photo courtesy Bush Warriors) NEW YORK, New York, December 5, 2013 (ENS) – The African lion has vanished from the Sahara desert, while cheetahs and gazelles are ...

New dinosaurs by the dozen fill two large shipping containers poised to depart Niger for Africa’s coast and then travel by ship across the Atlantic destined for my Fossil Lab at the University of ...

Many people have expressed their views on the Sahara. Few are intimately acquainted with the reality of its topography and its geography. “How can we consider this forgotten territory or this ...