and ancient channels testify that rivers ran in the center of the desert. Climate change has been like an on-off switch in the Sahara. In dry times the lakes dwindled and the plants declined to ...

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj volcanic field interspersed with patches of golden sand.

Many of the features at Petrified Forest are on a scale best appreciated by leaving the car. Plan enough time to walk among the fossil logs and Painted Desert badlands. For a half-day visit ...

Fennec Foxes are the quintessential desert creature ... over the Sahara. We drove in convey for many hours before we reached our destination. We had chosen a spot with an ancient water source ...

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 ...

John seems to have developed an interest in 'digging things up' as he has been to the Sahara to film the remains of a British airliner which crashed there in 1952 and more recently to the less ...

Jordan’s Sahara Forest project (SFP), which has been running since December 2012 with the aim of transforming desert spaces into vegetated areas, was inaugurated on September 7 by the Prince of ...

The continent boasts nine separate deserts, including a vast Sahara ... desert lake and one of the top 25 largest lakes overall. Lake Turkana’s antediluvian landscapes include volcanoes and ...