The desert covers over 3.3 million square miles, which means it's roughly the same size as the entire United States.

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the United ...

A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya ...

Nine women are swapping Stourbridge for the Saraha Desert as they prepare for a charity trek to raise money for Acorns Hospice. This October, a group of nine women, now known as the Sahara Sisters ...

An archaeology breakthrough has been made after a previously unknown human lineage that lived in the "green Sahara" in Africa was discovered through two 7,000-year-old mummies. DNA revealed the ...

Rebecca DeWoody of Palm Desert dances during Three 6 Mafia's set from the hill next to the Sahara tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., Friday, April 18 ...

The Fórum Canario Saharaui has expressed strong satisfaction with Spain’s renewed support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the ...

The rest mostly go unnoticed, blending in with other stones. But in the Mauritanian desert, herders have learned what to look for: rocks with a strikingly dark surface, known as the fusion crust.