In our modern day of safe cities and designated hiking trails, very few places seem as unsafe to us as the middle of the ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River ...

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

If we covered the entire Sahara Desert with solar panels—even just 1–2% of it—we could theoretically generate enough electricity to power the entire planet several times over.

The Sahara, considered a transit zone for those seeking to subsequently cross the Mediterranean to Europe, became of specific interest. From 2015 on, European actors implemented a range of border ...

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.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States.

A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States.

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

Clouds of dust drifting from the Sahara Desert over the Atlantic Ocean could make for unusual-looking sunrises and sunsets, as well as potentially drier weather, over Florida and parts of the ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert is moving across the Atlantic Ocean and could make skies hazy over the southern United States in early June.