Famous for its otherworldly desert scenery, Sossusvlei is home to some of the highest sand dunes in the world, with peaks ...

For decades, engineers and policymakers have imagined harnessing the blazing Saharan sun to fuel Europe and beyond. While the ...

Namibia is a southwestern African nation roughly twice the size of California, known for having the world’s oldest desert.

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Xinjiang has long stood at the forefront of China's fight against desertification. Home to the Taklimakan Desert — China's ...

A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...

A recent satellite photo captured a giant comma-shaped cloud of "Saharan dust" being blown above the Atlantic Ocean. The hazy ...

Small bands of Homo sapiens made a few failed forays leaving our home continent before the species finally managed to launch ...

Nemcha, Zina and Zouina, three North African Sloughi hounds, play on the beach in Tunisia where their ancestors have long ...