Sliding through a gravel corner before lining up a jump and catching air in Ford’s Ranger Raptor, it occurs to me that this ...

Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in ...

Saharan sand contains radioactive isotopes of plutonium and cesium that can be transported from the great African desert to other continents.

It was a journey immortalised by Peter O’Toole in the epic 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia – and now four military veterans have ...

In September 2018, a wildfire burned nearly two thousand hectares of shrubland on the Pichu Pichu volcano, an ecologically ...

A controversial development is underway in the small Mojave Desert town of Boron. Residents feel left in the dust.

Study shows mummification process left preserved remains smelling sweet and woody In a nutshell Ancient Egyptian mummies emit ...

A recent study of stone blades found in the United Arab Emirates has revealed the earliest known evidence of systematic stone ...

Every now and again, the Sahara Desert in North Africa will kick up a storm and spread dust clouds across Europe and other parts of the world. Remarkably, the sand still carries traces of ...

Researchers found severe soil degradation four years after a wildfire on Pichu Pichu volcano. Volcanic soils in arid Andean ...

From Borrego Springs, California to Victoria, British Columbia, here are some of the unexpected family destinations to ...

A new study reveals the extreme vulnerability of the Arequipa shrublands to these blazes, with severe soil degradation ...