Hitan" in Arabic, holds more than 400 primitive whale skeletons that offer a snapshot of the evolution of these creatures ...

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, ...

Discover the history and engineering behind a massive Sahara Desert megaproject - creating an inland sea twice the size of Utah's Great Salt Lake, with strategic, economic, and humanitarian benefits.

The Sebeiba festival, a 3,000-year-old tradition of the Tuareg people, takes center stage in Djanet, an Algerian oasis town ...

Deserts provide some of the most unique and treacherous trekking experiences on the globe. These vast, barren lands are not ...

The Sahara is the largest desert in the world—excluding Antarctica and the Arctic—as it covers an area comparable to that of China or the United States: 9,065,000 square kilometers.

Two areas are being monitored for potential tropical development into next week, one of which could bring localized flooding ...

The dust hurts air quality not only by giving skies a milky haze, but also by aggravating respiratory problems and triggering ...

About the Sahara Connection From dust to sea rise, West Africa offers important lessons for coastal South Carolina. The newspaper dispatched two journalists to explore how dust from the Sahara ...

This summer, Saharan dust is expected to blow across the Atlantic Ocean and reach Louisiana. How will the dust impact hurricane season?