In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

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

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the vast desert during its greener past.

One of the most unique cities I’ve ever visited, one that was a feast for the senses, one that surprised and delighted us – ...

Mummies discovered in modern-day Libya have been found to have no matching DNA with modern humans, leading to more questions than answers.

El Ouatia, the coastal extension of the town of Tan-tan, also offers a relaxed atmosphere with expansive sandy ... some of Morocco’s most breathtaking desert landscapes. The vast Sahara Desert ...

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

Low-cost airlines have opened routes linking Madrid and Paris to Dakhla in Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony largely controlled by Morocco but ... located on a sandy peninsula that juts ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday renewed US support for Morocco's sovereignty and political plan for Western Sahara ... Morocco's claim to the vast desert territory after the kingdom ...

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 ...