Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the ...

An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has ...

The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated ...

Two years after making that journey, Bauer founded the Marathon des Sables (often referred to as MdS in endurance running ...

We're at the start of what should be a glorious week of sunny weather, with temps set to climb into the mid-teens, although ...

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...

Sahara dust colors the evening sky, glittering crystals shimmer in detail – This week, our gallery photographers once again show diversity.

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

Dust storms have been wreaking havoc across the country, and the mix of climate change and lax environmental regulations mean ...

The skies over Europe recently took on a dramatic orange hue, leaving many residents staring in awe and sometimes confusion ...

The Greek authorities advised people in those areas not to attend large indoor gatherings, to avoid old or abandoned ...

According to weather forecasts, the dust will linger over the wider Athens area, keeping the skies hazy, until at least ...