From bioluminescence tours to northern lights excursions, nighttime tourism is on the rise—and I understand the allure well. I fell hard for astrotourism after an alfresco camping trip beneath the ...

Ancient life-sized rock art found in northern Arabia reveals how early people marked water, routes, and resources across the ...

"The tip of the iceberg." Desert mammals thought to have been extinct for almost 50 years return to the wild: 'It could've ...

Atmos reports on an effort to rewild southern Namibia, reintroducing wildlife to restore the ecosystem after decades of loss.

Discover the world’s most stunning wild dogs, and learn about their beauty, behaviour and conservation challenges ...

In this region of West Africa, bush fires are deadly. They can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days. The ...

7,000-year-old DNA from Sahara skeletons reveals a mysterious lineage with no connection to any modern populations.

Plants and animals across sub-Saharan Africa have declined by 24 percent since preindustrial days. Large mammals like forest ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the middle of Mauritania's Sahara Desert, surrounded by an ocean of sand, lies a colossal ...

Animals can adapt to any environment – even a sandy, arid landscape like the Sahara Desert. The vast stretches of sand dunes, rare oases, and rugged mountains are home to fennec foxes, scorpions, and, ...

When desert animals face environmental extremes day in and day out, every unique anatomical feature can aid in their survival. Among the most striking of these adaptations is ear size. In arid ...

You’ll find a lot more sand than trees in the Sahara Desert, but that doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally crop up. Here’s the story of the Tree of Ténéré, as well as a couple other famous trees found ...