The world’s oases are at the forefront of an existential battle against climate change: limited rainfall and rising heat have ...

Sahara Desert into a vast savannah, where both people and animals lived in great numbers. Today we still know very little ...

This 2013 astronaut photo shows a giant eye-shaped impact crater in the Sahara Desert that is slowly being circled by ...

Sarah Dawson, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, joined a group of 20 people to endure blistering conditions during the 100km (62 ...

While the Sahara Desert is an important ecosystem in its own right, its human neighbors in the Sahel would like it to stop encroaching on their environment. [Andrew Millison] took a look at how ...

At least six Russian mercenaries were killed in an attack by an al-Qaida-linked group in central Mali, according to a ...

Was alien life in "hot water" on Mars billions of years ago? New evidence from the Martian meteorite "Black Beauty" suggests ...

Researchers have uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of hot water activity on Mars, suggesting the red planet ...

The team analyzed meteorites from a large space rock designated as NWA7034 or “Black Beauty.” While all Martian meteorites ...

As Morocco's gateway to the Sahara, this under-the-radar town is a palm oasis in the desert sands with a rich culture and ...

If you didn’t know the context, pictures of the Sahara Desert from the edge of space could easily be mistaken for the surface of Mars instead. The western edge of the African desert is caked in ...