The Sahara is known for being one of the driest places on Earth, but in fact, it can actually flood. Those floods aren't necessarily a good thing, though.

The Sahara wasn’t always a desert—14,000 years ago, it was alive with rivers, people, and wildlife. Now, new evidence is uncovering a lost chapter of human history.

Two areas are being monitored for potential tropical development into next week, one of which could bring localized flooding ...

The desert is where the Earth's coldest temperature ever was recorded and some areas haven't seen rain in more than 14 million years.

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron ...

The dust hurts air quality not only by giving skies a milky haze, but also by aggravating respiratory problems and triggering ...

For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing. Can blending ancient knowledge and modern innovation protect these unique ecosystems?

Wellcome Collection’s enthralling show explores man’s search for water, capturing the precious resource’s terrible lack and ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

Human beings can be a wonderfully creative species. We can also be very good at destruction, including of other species and ...

In his new biography of the revolutionary psychiatrists life, Adam Shatz asks what Fanon would have made of the 7 October ...

A specially modified Massey Ferguson 8S tractor became the first-ever tractor to enter the Morocco Desert Challenge.