Sahara Desert

Each year, dust from the Sahara Desert blows off Africa and across the Atlantic, but most years that plume isn't so massive it's nicknamed "Godzilla."

The structures seem to come in all sizes and shapes, and archaeologists aren't sure what many of then were used for or when they were created.

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, but parts of it could be made green if massive solar and wind farms set up shop there, a new study finds.

Since 1920, the Sahara Desert has grown by about 10 percent.

Researchers in Egypt just uncovered a newly identified long-necked dinosaur known as Mansourasaurus shahinae. This is only the sixth dinosaur to be discovered in Egypt.

Stunning views show the snow-covered dunes on the edge of the Sahara Desert — an area known to be one of the hottest places on Earth.

Economic development and culture can collide in regions where witchcraft beliefs are common.

The Saharan silver ant can keep cool in the blistering heat of the desert thanks to tiny, reflective silver hairs that cover its body and reflect the light.

Three major rivers snaked through the Sahara about 100,000 years ago, creating green belts that could have allowed humans to migrate from Central Africa out of the continent, new research suggests.

North Africa dried up all at once, dust study finds.

The burials spanned thousands of years, but changed once the Sahara desert expanded into the region