The natural world has brewed up a spooky 'skull' in a deep volcanic pit in the Sahara Desert. From space, the sight really ...

From her apartment in rural Germany, Abeba winces as she stares at her phone. The men holding her brother in the desert are sending videos of his torture as they seek to extract a hefty ransom.

Where there’s a tree, there’s usually a forest. But not always. A biologist describes some of the loneliest trees on planet ...

You’ll find a lot more sand than trees in the Sahara Desert, but that doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally crop up. Here’s ...

Morocco has declared 31 October a national holiday to mark the day the UN Security Council voted in favour of a resolution ...

Discover how global warming could dramatically alter rainfall patterns, with scientists predicting significantly increased ...

The U.N. Security Council on Friday approved a resolution backing Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara, a shift ...

Nick Blanch from Catton has completed a brutal walking challenge, spanning over five days which saw him trek 100km across the hottest desert in ...

Discovery and scale of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer SystemLibya’s Great Man-Made River and its water supply impactGlobal ...

UIC scientists predict the Sahara Desert could get up to 75% more rainfall by 2100. Using 40 climate models, they foresee ...

Today, through the explicit recognition of several world powers and the opening of more than 30 consulates in Laayoune and Dakhla, the Moroccan identity of the Sahara has become an irreversible ...

The Sahara desert is the world's largest non-polar desert, covering a huge amount of north Africa, and is without doubt one ...