They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you think about nature,” asks Aurora Radich, a nature therapist in northern ...

Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its Biomass satellite mission—marking a ...

Like all open-­air canals in the desert, this irrigation canal leading to Tighmert Oasis requires constant attention and maintenance from locals like Fal Bardid to keep it from filling with sand.

There’s more to Africa than safari and deserts. While cities like Marrakech, Accra and Johannesburg continue to bring in hundreds of thousands of international travelers every year, other urban ...

A vast desert, filled with billions of tons of sandy soil and an area spanning four countries, is the world's largest continuous sand desert.

At just over 5.3 million square miles, the Sahara desert is the world's largest hot desert, but is still smaller than both the Antarctic and Arctic deserts (yep, the Arctic also is a desert).

A man is set to attempt a 100km trek through the Sahara Desert, two years after receiving a life-saving heart transplant. Fraser Wilson, 48, underwent the transplant in 2023 when his health ...

Today, the Sahara Desert is a hot and dry belt of sand stretching across much of northern Africa. But between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago it would have been full of rivers, plants and people. New ...

Although we didn’t spend the night in the Sahara when we visited in February, various guidebooks to Morocco reveal that overnight stays in the desert, complete with a guide, breakfast and dinner ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Situated in North Africa, the Sahara desert is recognized as one of the driest places on the Earth, with less than 1 inch of rain every year and the highest temperatures reaching ...