The Sahara Desert is growing, causing big problems for people living nearby. In the Sahel and West Africa, farming is key for survival. But, as the desert spreads, land for farming gets less ...

Scratched on the desert's rocks are the memories of a wetter Sahara, when water-dependent ... Mattingly's team have shown they were sedentary people living off oasis agriculture.

Many migrants make the treacherous journey in the hope of a better life in Europe Survivors say 44 people have died of thirst after their truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger ...

The Sahara Desert is renowned for its barren ... the area has become a popular tourist spot with people flocking to view the one of a kind landscape. It is is every photographer’s dream ...

Early in the 1970s, while living and working in Spain, Chen Maoping read a story in “National Geographic” about the Sahara Desert, and it captured her imagination. She became determined to live there.

Fennec Foxes are the quintessential desert creature ... Our short months living in one tiny corner of the Sahara had barely touched the surface of this incredible place. Given it is largely ...

The desert’s only permanent river is the ... Despite its extreme conditions, around two million people live in the Sahara. Many are nomads who move with the seasons, while others live in ...