The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert on planet-crossing over 12 African countries with 3.6 million square miles. Its size is compared to the entire United ...

Willem Jankowitz, his white beard trimmed into a goatee, peers at a small, purple flower through his bifocals. Everybody calls him “Doc.” His colleague, Peter Cunningham, is stretched out under their ...

The cast and crew describe how they shot those North African desert scenes. The cast and crew of Season 2 describe how they approached designing the sets and filming the North African desert scenes, ...

Here’s what scientists know about the life form and why it could change their understanding of desert ecosystems.

A research team was able to locate human populations in an African desert believed to have disappeared more than 50 years ago. DNA studies helped show the genetic differences between neighboring ...

From a sprawling botanical museum in Arizona to a cliffside succulent sanctuary in France, these gardens prove the desert is ...

Numerous instances exist of shipwrecks being found with old gold still aboard, including one off the coast of Colombia with an estimated $17 billion in treasure. But shipwrecks found in the middle of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Most summers, dust from the Saharan Desert makes its way into Central Texas and creates beautiful sunrises and sunsets. But the dust can also create health problems for some people ...