The desert covers over 3.3 million square miles, which means it's roughly the same size as the entire United States.

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...

Turns out, however, that a surprising proportion of the world’s largest hot desert isn’t actually sandy at all. Just 25 percent of the Sahara’s surface is covered by sand. We say “just ...

This intriguing astronaut photo shows around a dozen giant "star dunes" as they slowly dance across a sandy field near the ...

Whether you’re exploring pyramids in Egypt, eating authentic cuisine in Morocco or embracing sandy adventures in the Sahara Desert, North Africa and the Middle East offers an abundance of ...

Water rushing between the sand dunes of southern Morocco. In desert communities frequented ... have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts.

It spans 11 countries - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Western Sahara, Mauritania ... These wild swings happen because of the desert’s dry air and sandy terrain.

The Sahara desert, once lush and green ... 15,000-year-old foragers that lived during the Ice Age in Taforalt Cave, Morocco. Researchers also traced the mummies' Neandertal ancestry and found ...