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

Clouds of dust blown off the Saharan Desert into the southeastern U.S. could affect local weather and make sunrises and ...

As typically under 10 inches are seen annually there, people sped through the puddles and areas of the oasis in 4×4 ...

In the heart of the Sahara Desert, where endless dunes meet rocky plateaus, an unexpected refuge exists: the Guelta of Matmata in Mauritania. This remote oasis is home to one of the last groups of ...

Covering nearly a third of a continent, the Sahara has been the scene of migrations, military battles and fights over natural ...

existing in complete isolation within their verdant oasis. Today, the Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth, yet archaeological evidence suggests that people once fished in the region’s ...

Aridification, when a region becomes gradually and increasingly drier, turned the once lush oasis into the Sahara desert known today. Using genomic analysis, the researchers found that the North ...

An extreme onslaught of rain in Morocco — about a year’s worth in two days — brought desperately needed water to some of the Sahara desert ... and areas of the oasis in 4×4 all-terrain ...