(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades. The ...

Exploring Africa's deserts on a bicycle is an exhilarating way to experience the continent's unique landscapes and cultures ...

(Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the ...

Recent studies have indicated a potential transformation of the Sahara Desert into a wetter and greener region due to rising ...

One of the driest regions on earth is shifting green, as an influx of heavy rainfall causes vegetation to grow in the typically barren landscape. Satellite images released by NASA show pockets of ...

Algeria's Tassili N'Ajjer plateau is Africa's largest national park. Among its vast sandstone formations is perhaps the world's largest art museum. Over 15,000 etchings and paintings are exhibited ...

New dinosaurs by the dozen fill two large shipping containers poised to depart Niger for Africa’s coast and then travel by ship across the Atlantic destined for my Fossil Lab at the University of ...

UIC scientists predict the Sahara Desert could get up to 75% more rainfall by 2100. Using 40 climate models, they foresee wetter conditions across much of Africa, signaling a dramatic climate shift ...

The skies across western Europe turned an eerie hue of brown and orange on Tuesday, reminiscent of a Martian landscape. In some places, the amber gloom was evocative of forest fires, but the rusty ...