(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 ...

During the era of the late Cretaceous, the land that now sits in modern-day Egypt was far from an arid desert. The region sat close to the planet's equator, resulting in a greenhouse-like environment ...

Christine Ro is a freelance writer in London, UK. “Ever since the first time I visited, I’ve been in love with the Sahara. That was in Morocco in 2011, to survey the situation of the Saharan cheetah ...

Why it's incredible: The valley holds hundreds of primitive whale skeletons, some of which have "feet." Whale Valley is a region of the Egyptian Sahara desert that is peppered with archaic whale ...

From elephants to fennec foxes, discover 10 animals with huge ears and their fascinating adaptations for hearing and survival.

(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 ...