Camels are famously known as the ships of the desert, but even these hardy animals are not being spared from the extremes of ...

When photographer Mohammed Almuntasir uploaded a YouTube video showing a sand cat in Libya, it kickstarted a quest to ...

The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert on planet-crossing over 12 African countries with 3.6 million square miles. Its size is compared to the entire United ...

Join presenter, Chioma, for an introduction to the physical geography of the continent of Africa, from the Sahara Desert in ...

By Victoria Schneider The survival of a unique frog species that lives in the coastal sand dunes of South Africa and Namibia ...

Africa's Sahara Desert may be considered a vast expanse of barren sand with limited vegetation, an extreme environment for plants and animals to thrive, but life always finds a way. Indeed, vegetation ...

"The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali" is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity in these two west African countries. In a recently published paper, a ...

The desert rain frog faces growing threats from mining and climate change. Could this tiny squeaker become as scarce as ...

For those who find themselves awed by arid landscapes, there’s no place like Africa. The continent boasts nine separate deserts, including a vast Sahara that sprawls across much of the north, the rust ...

A missing driver was found alive after spending five days stranded in the desert in sweltering 104-degree weather in a moment that's nothing short of a miracle. Marwan al-Bahji was found by rescue ...