Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

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

Mineral deposits in limestone caves in Saudi Arabia show that the now arid Saharo-Arabian Desert experienced increased ...

U ntil the 1960s, the Aral Sea was one of the largest inland reservoirs of water in the world. Over seven decades, the lake ...

The vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula was not always an arid landscape. A recent study reveals that this region was once home to a vast lake and river system. These favorable conditions fostered ...

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

The two ex-soldiers were part of a battalion of mercenaries called the Desert Wolves – a codename for four companies ... Another 12 million have been forced to flee – the largest displacement crisis ...

Later aridification turned this region into the world's largest desert. Due to the extreme aridity ... human lineages that spread outside of Africa around 50,000 years ago. The newly described ...

An international team of researchers, including scientists from UNIGE, has discovered that the Arabian Peninsula's desert was ...

According to the release, the ancient lake likely reached its largest size around 8,000 years ago during a time of heavy ...