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 ...

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

Sahara, the 2005 desert adventure film starring Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, and Penélope Cruz, is streaming for free on ...

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UK explorer Alice Morrison, 61, known as the “Indiana Jones for girls,” set off on a 2,500-kilometer journey, to cross the ...

The Sahara is often thought of as the driest desert in the world, but there is in fact a desert that is even older and more ...

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

February is one of the best times to visit Cape Town, with its warm summer weather and plenty of outdoor adventures. Climb Table Mountain for panoramic views, visit the iconic Cape of Good Hope, or ...

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.

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj ...

Researchers discovered that Homo erectus adapted to hyperarid conditions in Tanzania one million years ago, challenging ...

Somehow, H. erectus was able to adjust to this new landscape. The early humans visited water holes that popped up after it ...