The Sahara Desert wasn’t always a barren wasteland—evidence suggests it was once home to lush vegetation, rivers, and thriving wildlife. Scientists are uncovering traces of this lost ecosystem, ...

Its bite can lead to paralysis or death without antivenom. The African Lion, powerful and fast, is one of the desert’s top predators. A lion’s attack can be fatal to both prey and humans.

“Ever since the first time I visited, I’ve been in love with the Sahara. That was in Morocco ... the importance of preserving these forgotten animals. It’s especially key in the context ...

Many think dinosaurs first emerged on land well south of the equator that now forms part of Argentina and Zimbabwe, but they may have actually arisen in tougher conditions near the equator ...

the world’s largest tropical desert, the Sahara, has suffered a catastrophic decline in megafauna”, the authors concluded. Durant et al. (2013). Animals like the Addax antelope, the Dama ...

The Sahara Desert was once part of the ocean ... There’s a good chance that humans and domesticated farm animals played a large part. Based on sediment and pollen records, it seems that every ...

Remains of the very first dinosaurs on Earth may be buried deep beneath the Sahara desert and Amazon rainforest, a new study suggests. If found, these fossils could trace the history of dinosaurs ...

When you think of places that are perfectly suited for solar energy, deserts often come to mind. After all, these areas ...

Study lead author Abdullah Nagy, a wildlife ecologist at Al-Azhar University ... process transformed the ecosystem into the Sahara Desert, an environment no longer suitable for these species." ...

EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal has unveiled first images for French director Gilles de Maistre’s upcoming feature The Desert Child retelling the true story of a youngster raised by ostriches in the Sahara, ...

The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth, covering 3.5 million ... lakes, and abundant wildlife. Scientists believe that changes in the Earth’s axis caused the desertification, but ...