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

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

Africa is unique, spanning all four hemispheres. It is the second-largest continent, rich in wildlife and diverse cultures.

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany's Max Planck ...

Traveling all the way from Africa's Sahara Desert, a giant dust cloud will settle over San Antonio-area cities on Sunday, June 29, bringing unique weather conditions to the region, the National ...

Legislation designating the Polisario Front as a foreign terrorist organization would send a strong signal as the regional ...

There isn’t much green in the Sahara Desert, but an unusual shift in the weather pattern has caused storms to move where they typically wouldn’t.

Parts of the Sahara Desert are turning green amid an influx of heavy rainfall Flora tends to sprout quickly once the typically dry landscape gets water.

An extreme onslaught of rain -- about a year's worth in two days -- in Morocco brought desperately needed water to some of the Saraha Desert's more arid regions.

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 ...