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

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron ...

I trekked through the Sahara Desert with my in-laws after only meeting them a few times. I was nervous, but it was a ...

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.

A rare rock from Mars known as Meteorite NWA 16788 will be up for auction at Sotheby's on July 16. The meteorite may sell for ...

Join National Geographic as they ride one of the most punishing train routes in the world, the Mauritania Railway, which ...

Residents of modern megacities are accustomed to the uninterrupted water supply to their apartments. In such comfortable ...

The Antarctic Polar Desert is officially the world’s largest desert, covering a staggering 5.5 million square miles. That makes it almost twice the size of the Sahara, which spans 3.5 million ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, on the territory of the uninhabited Sahara Desert, gardens flourished, rivers flowed, ancient people cultivated fertile lands. However, we know how it all ended - today ...

Meteorites from Mercury have never been found on Earth. But two pieces discovered in the Sahara desert might be remnants of ...

Statistics on deaths at sea vary considerably and are themselves deeply contested, and geographical designations of 'the Sahara' or 'the Mediterranean' are anything but specific — but that has not ...