Tens of thousands of years ago, on the territory of the uninhabited Sahara Desert, gardens flourished, rivers flowed, ancient people cultivated fertile lands. However, we know how it all ended - today ...

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...

The researchers managed to extract DNA from the teeth and bones from two of the burials. They found that as humans migrated ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of ...

Between 14,800 and 5,500 years ago, during the so-called African Humid Period, the Sahara was not the desert we know today. It was a green expanse of land, with numerous plants and ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

The project is part of the Desert to Power initiative, which facilitates the development of solar plants in the region ... on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, stretching across the African ...

The Sahara desert is extremely hot during the day and cold at night but others, like the Gobi desert, can be a lot colder. A hot desert is often covered in sand and the plants and animals that ...