The use of solar ovens by Saharan nomads greatly minimizes their environmental impact by removing the necessity for wood or ...

Nestled in northern and northwestern China and southern Mongolia, the Gobi Desert is one such anomaly. This expansive and rugged landscape gets bone-chillingly cold in winter, even dropping below ...

Its bite can lead to paralysis or death without antivenom. The African Lion, powerful and fast, is one of the desert’s top predators. A lion’s attack can be fatal to both prey and humans.

The desert’s only permanent river is the ... Despite its extreme conditions, around two million people live in the Sahara. Many are nomads who move with the seasons, while others live in ...

Dead Vlei, a white clay pan situated near the famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, is in fact the world’s oldest desert. Located in ...

A dementia specialist from Kidderminster is set to take on a gruelling 100km trek across the Sahara Desert in memory of her mum.

Sarah Dawson and a team of 20 fundraisers walked 100km (62 miles) across the Sahara Desert A veterinary nurse has helped raise nearly £27,000 by trekking in the Sahara Desert. Sarah Dawson, of ...

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.

AIN SEFRA, Algeria – For the second time in two years, a blanket of snow covered parts of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa, creating a rare and unexpected sight. On New Year's Day ...

THE SAHARA recounts the story of kings who once led caravans of 30,000 people across the desert, bearing riches beyond imagination. It tells of Roman death squads that exterminated the citizens of ...