Sahara Desert

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.

The burials spanned thousands of years, but changed once the Sahara desert expanded into the region

Archaeologists have unearthed 20 Stone-Age skeletons in and around a rock shelter in Libya's Sahara desert

Dust may hinder hurricane formation.

Much of Bermuda's "red earth" may come from far away.

Rocked by storms and volcanoes, Mother Nature still gave us some amazing snapshots this week.

The traveling dust may play a role in hurricane formation.