The Sahara is often thought of as the driest desert in the world, but there is in fact a desert that is even older and more ...

Dead Vlei, a white clay pan situated near the famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, is in fact the world’s oldest desert. Located in ...

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj ...

Researchers documented the first spotted hyena in Egypt for 5,000 years after it was hit with a pickup truck for killing ...

In the heart of the Sahara Desert, where endless dunes meet rocky ... ensuring that the crocodiles can survive in the area. These crocodiles were rediscovered in Mauritania in 1999 after being ...

Fennec Foxes are the quintessential desert creature ... The most comprehensive study conducted of the area has found that 10 of the Sahara’s 14 largest mammals are now extinct or endangered.

It snowed on December 19 in the Sahara Desert ... the first snowfall recorded in the massive African desert in 37 years. The snow-covered area depicted in the photo lies on the northern end ...

The remains of the earliest dinosaurs may lie undiscovered in the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa, suggests a new study.

Researchers are now proposing a surprising location for the birthplace of dinosaurs, based on the locations of the currently oldest-known dinosaur fossils, the evolutionary relationships among these ...