Stay in the some of the world’s most secluded, sandiest landscapes for a holiday to remember. Here are the world's best desert hotels ...

Located in Egypt 's Western Desert, Siwa Oasis is famous for its rich history and cultural significance. Home to ancient ...

Sheer drama. That's what the Great Sand Dunes are. Starkly beautiful desert dunes set against a backdrop of pretty, ...

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

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.

Max Planck Institute evolutionary anthropologist Nada Salem and colleagues sequenced the ancient DNA of two female ...

Wearing a helmet and strapped securely into his four-wheel-drive, Abdelilah al-Rabea tore off across the Saudi desert, kicking up clouds of sand as a crowd of hundreds cheered him on.

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 ...

HyveGeo believes it can turn the desert green and remove carbon from the atmosphere – using biochar and microscopic algae.

Star dunes - sometimes called pyramid dunes - stand out among sand dunes for their towering height and eye-catching form.

The rugged and beautiful Greek island of Lemnos is home to a desert in the Gomati area, to the island's north.