Award-winning wildlife photographer and filmmaker Gordon Buchanan is customarily to be seen crossing the Gobi desert on camel ...

From camel trekking and sandboarding to geodesic domes and yoga retreats, these striking desert destinations offer something for every type of traveller ...

Analysis of Moroccan stalagmites reveals that the Sahara received increased rainfall between 8,700 and 4,300 years ago, ...

URUMQI -- Authorities in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have introduced a new legal framework to safeguard the Gobi, a vital part of the desert ecosystem. On Saturday ...

URUMQI, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have introduced a new legal framework to safeguard the Gobi, a vital part of the desert ecosystem. On ...

Gabrielle Brady’s “The Wolves Always Come at Night” follows a couple and their four children as they are uprooted from their ...

Opening March 29, the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum teaches how our world continues to evolve. USA TODAY has an exclusive sneak peek.

Yet, when scientists took a closer look, the desert animals turned out to be multiple new species. A team of researchers in Oman decided to take on a “long-standing” challenge: classifying ...

Among all the challenges they pose, high temperatures are perhaps the most daunting. In the United States, the scorching heat in desert regions has reached barely imaginable extremes. This article ...