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

This week, discover the Sahara’s greener past, explore a mysterious cosmological force, marvel at a new concept for space ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world. While deserts are traditionally characterized by a dry climate with low levels of vegetation, the Sahara has been ...

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 ...

The Sahara Desert is famous for its dry ... which translates to "dead marsh," was once a marshy area with an acacia tree forest. READ MORE: Eerie Alaska mining town left abandoned for almost ...

About two decades ago, African nations launched an audacious plan: a 7,700km “Great Green Wall” to hold back the Sahara Desert’s southward march. Yet years passed and progress was stalled ...

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.

Transporting iron ore from a remote mine in the Sahara Desert to the Atlantic coast, Mauritania’s Train du Desert rumbles 437 miles (704 kilometers) across one of the planet’s least inhabited ...

April 4 (Reuters) - The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to ...

Sahara Desert, Once Lush and Green, Was Home to Mysterious Human Lineage By Will Dunham (Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of ...