Morocco is on every travel lover's bucket list for all the right reasons. From the sandy dunes of the Sahara Desert to the ...

Part of the larger Sahara, Tenere Desert is famous for its vast sand dunes and sparse vegetation. Located in Niger, it ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

The closure of the ancient Tethys Seaway has left an indelible mark on Earth’s history. As tectonic forces slowly reshaped ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of ...

The study provides critical new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna, rich in water bodies that facilitated ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

What happens beneath the Earth’s surface may seem distant, but its effects shape continents, influence ocean circulation, ...

Check out 24 of the world’s must unusual landscapes — from the hellish Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan to the “snow ...

What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean ...

The Tiout Palm Oasis, whose name means “camel’s hump” in Amazigh, spans an impressive 1,000 hectares in the Anti-Atlas ...