The Kalahari Desert, one of the harshest and most untamed environments in the world, presents a formidable challenge for ...

In the heart of Africa’s Kalahari Desert lies a true natural miracle: the Okavango Delta. Each year, seasonal rains feed the Okavango River, transforming the arid landscape into a lush oasis. This ...

Here are eight different ways to discover desert Africa: Even Salvador Dalí couldn’t have rendered a landscape this surreal — lurid orange dunes towering more than 1,000 feet (300 meters ...

Namibia, on the west coast of Africa, offers warm temperatures all ... The country is also full of otherworldly desert landscapes and wildlife that has adapted to some of the harshest conditions ...

it's a fitting time to explore the unique and breathtaking landscapes of Africa's deserts. Desert tourism offers a remarkable opportunity to experience the continent's diverse cultures ...

a semi-desert expanse that covers 153,000 square miles in South Africa’s Western Cape. The towering Swartberg mountains plunge into a landscape swathed in renosterveld—sparse vegetation in ...

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent. Dromedary camels walk through sand dunes in the Arabian Desert near ...

Flora tends to sprout quickly once the typically dry landscape gets ... all over the Sahara Desert after an extratropical cyclone drenched a large swath of northwestern Africa on Sept.

The study may explain how mammals at that time survived the trek across what is now a vast and barren landscape ... of an impenetrable desert barrier across North Africa and the Middle East.

"At the time, Takarkori was a lush savannah with a nearby lake, unlike today's arid desert landscape," said archaeogeneticist ... that originated outside Africa," Krause said.

The archaeology of southern Africa’s west coast desert belt has not received the ... It is a hyperarid landscape of towering dunes, occupying about 34,000km² between the towns of Lüderitz ...

Think of African elephants ... amidst an arid landscape of rocky mountains, sand, and gravel plains, herds of elephants have become adapted to life in the desert. They are one of only two ...