There are 40 cat species (not taking into account the various breeds of domesticated cats, which are over 70) naturally ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

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We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...

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The Sahara desert is the world's largest non-polar desert, covering a huge amount of north Africa, and is without doubt one ...

How to save a desert oasis—before it vanishes completely. For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing.

Is Algeria the next great travel destination in Africa? Ancient fortified towns, Roman ruins, and Sahara sands make Africa’s largest country an undiscovered tourism giant hiding in plain sight.

A recent satellite photo captured a giant comma-shaped cloud of "Saharan dust" being blown above the Atlantic Ocean. The hazy ...

Arabia's lush past revealed through mineral deposits, speleothems, and archaeological sites, challenging theories of human ...

Statistics on deaths at sea vary considerably and are themselves deeply contested, and geographical designations of 'the Sahara' or 'the Mediterranean' are anything but specific — but that has not ...