A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

How did water-dependent mammals, including our early ancestors, manage to cross this inhospitable desert in the past? Until now, little was known about the former climate of the Arabian Peninsula, as ...

The Empty Quarter (Rub’ al-Khali), the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, was not always an arid landscape. A recent study ...

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

One of the planet's largest, driest biogeographic barriers was once lush with rivers and lakes for 8 million years, which encouraged the movements of water-dependent animals and indicates the ...