Hailstorms can occur in the Sahara Desert due to sudden atmospheric changes. These rare phenomena create striking images over ...

The rest mostly go unnoticed, blending in with other stones. But in the Mauritanian desert, herders have learned what to look for: rocks with a strikingly dark surface, known as the fusion crust.

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes.

Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov 28, 2024.

An aerial drone photo taken on April 7, 2025 shows oleaster saplings in Hotan County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest ...

Humans, among other species, are attracted to color. For at least 100,000 years, humans have been creating colors from ...

Rare DNA found in the Sahara dates back 7000 years in the green past Genome belongs to the North African lineage with pastoralism evidence Takarkori individuals are ...

A vast new sand desert is forming in the heart of Europe, specifically in Hungary’s Homokhátság region – a 10,000-square-kilometre area located between the Rivers Danube and Tisza. Home to more than ...

The film “1-800-ON-HER-OWN” follows the fiercely independent artist as she tries a career first: writing a song with another artist. By Alissa Wilkinson This deliciously nasty reworking of the ...

This expressway will pass through the Thar Desert, the world’s second-largest desert, where for approximately 650 kilometres, one will see only sand on both sides. This expressway is also set to be ...

Exploring Sushi Samba: A fusion of exotic cuisine in Abu Dhabi ...