It is one of the most isolated landforms of continental origin, having split from the supercontinent of Gondwana millions of ...

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

The Sahara Desert wasn’t always a barren wasteland—evidence suggests it was once home to lush vegetation, rivers, and ...

Its bite can lead to paralysis or death without antivenom. The African Lion, powerful and fast, is one of the desert’s top predators. A lion’s attack can be fatal to both prey and humans.

Amid the sweeping Saharan sand, set within an ancient land, arose the god Osiris’ tent celebrating the 110th Grand Ball. The lights were raised to reveal the throne of the Palace of the Sun ...

The findings, published in the journal Current Biology, propose that the remains of the first dinosaurs might lie undiscovered in the Amazon basin, the Congo Basin, and the Sahara Desert due to ...

Remains of the very first dinosaurs on Earth may be buried deep beneath the Sahara desert and Amazon rainforest, a new study suggests. If found, these fossils could trace the history of dinosaurs ...

A modelling study suggests they originated in a region that covers what is now the Amazon rainforest, Congo basin and Sahara desert. “When you consider the gaps in the fossil record and the ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three ...