The first dinosaurs may have evolved near the equator, and not in the southwest of the supercontinent Gondwana, as ...

The Sahara Desert is renowned for its barren, arid landscapes, with some areas receiving just a few inches of rain every year. However, you may be surprised to hear that it is not the driest ...

Researchers documented the first spotted hyena in Egypt for 5,000 years after it was hit with a pickup truck for killing ...

Early in the 1970s, while living and working in Spain, Chen Maoping read a story in “National Geographic” about the Sahara Desert, and it captured her imagination. She became determined to live there.

We asked a local expert and life-long resident what to do about the dreaded calima dust blown over from the Sahara desert and ...

a hostile place devoid of life. I now realise how naïve that was. Like every ecosystem on Earth, the Sahara is a beautiful and delicate balance of nature. Desert ecosystems host surprisingly high ...

Many think dinosaurs first emerged on land well south of the equator that now forms part of Argentina and Zimbabwe, but they ...

Chance discoveries while traveling give another dimension to what’s been planned and researched. So often it’s the unexpected things that are best remembered and inspire a return visit. In 2024, I had ...