What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...

Isotope analysis of limestone cave deposits indicates repeated humid periods in the Saharo-Arabian Desert over the past eight ...

Black desert cobras, or Walterinnesia aegyptia, are deadly snakes with a neurotoxic venom found as far south as the ...

There are conflicting ideas about the development of rural Africa: On the one hand, governments and conservation ...

In 2021, while revelers across America celebrated the fourth of July, three researchers waded through a shallow river delta ...

The discovery of Green Arabia not only reshapes our understanding of ancient climates but may also solve one of humanity’s greatest mysteries.

Between 14,800 and 5,500 years ago, during the so-called African Humid Period, the Sahara was not the desert we know today. It was a green expanse of land, with numerous plants and ...

One of the most arid and inhospitable places on the planet was, in the past, a green paradise with lakes and rivers. Climate ...

Fossil evidence shows existence of elephants, giraffes, and crocodiles thriving in environments rich in rivers and lakes.

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

The two ex-soldiers were part of a battalion of mercenaries called the Desert Wolves – a codename for four companies ... static security work at oil facilities in the Middle East or Africa. But the ...

For those seeking adventure, Africa presents some of the most stunning ... local experts who know this harsh environment. The Namib Desert is one of the oldest deserts on Earth, with some of ...