Sahara Desert

Economic development and culture can collide in regions where witchcraft beliefs are common.

The Saharan silver ant can keep cool in the blistering heat of the desert thanks to tiny, reflective silver hairs that cover its body and reflect the light.

Three major rivers snaked through the Sahara about 100,000 years ago, creating green belts that could have allowed humans to migrate from Central Africa out of the continent, new research suggests.

North Africa dried up all at once, dust study finds.