The desert that we see today in Arabia was once a region that repeatedly underwent "green" periods in the past, as a result ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

Eggs poached in tomatoes, spices and sauce originated in the northern part of Africa near the Sahara Desert. Today's recipe is for a dish known as shakshuka (shak-SHOO-ka), which is popular in the ...

Sossusvlei is part of the Namib Desert, which is considered the world's oldest desert, dating back at least 55 million years.

Unusual structures of unknown origin discovered in desert rocks have been documented in a new study. In the desert regions of ...

The world's driest country, found in Africa, receives so little rainfall each year that it would not be enough to fill a mug.

Geographical determinism, the theory that physical environments significantly influence social and political development, ...

An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has ...

In drought-stricken Namibia, where conservation groups are fighting to preserve endangered species, paying tourists can join ...

DNA from two mummies at Takarkori links them to 15,000-year-old Taforalt hunter-gatherers, challenging the idea of the Green ...

Join presenter, Chioma, for an introduction to the physical geography of the continent of Africa, from the Sahara Desert in ...