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 ...

Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa. With unusually heavy rains in late 2024 supporting growth of vegetation, and rising temperatures since February 2025 speeding their ...

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.

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 ...

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 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?

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

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

Located in the Sahara Desert, Tassili n'Ajjer National Park is the main draw for tourists here. Algeria, the largest country in Africa, has long struggled to attract tourists to its desert landscape.

Algeria, Africa’s largest country, is throwing its doors open to record numbers of visitors. Roman ruins and trekking through the Sahara desert to a gigantic “open-air museum” filled with ...