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

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

Huacachina is Peru’s desert playground—an oasis where you can sandboard at sunset, and roar through dunes in a buggy.

New research in northwest Saudi Arabia has identified the existence of a network of previously unknown walled oases.

Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa, Ariz., has every sport imaginable, plus a cryochamber. The father and son co-founders await sentencing for fraud, and bondholders are out of luck.

In the early summer morning, the Zhangye National Wetland Park in Gansu province presents a breathtaking desert oasis with shimmering blue waters and lush greenery.

A massive cloud of dust that has traveled thousands of miles from the Sahara Desert is expected to reach Florida as early as the afternoon of June 4 before spreading through the Gulf Coast and ...

A dust plume from the Saharan Desert covering most of the Caribbean is expected to reach Florida and the Gulf region late this week and throughout the weekend.

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

Unesco-listed fortified town in northwest Africa fights to preserve buildings and medieval books about science, astronomy and history.

How to save a desert oasis—before it vanishes completely For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing. Can blending ancient knowledge ...