Thousands of years ago, the Sahara Desert was a lush and fertile landscape, home to thriving communities. A new study ...

The Sahara we know as a vast desert was once filled with rivers, lakes, and grasslands. Shifts in Earth’s orbit and climate turned the sands green in one of nature’s greatest transformations ...

The Namib Desert in Namibia is famous for its gigantic dunes and constant winds, making it a perfect spot for land sailing. The desert's expansive terrain gives you the opportunity to cover long ...

Huge explosion destroys multiple homes after crew hits gas line, with at least six injured “I tried to hide it with ...

Africa is home to some of the world’s most astonishing natural wonders, formations and phenomena so extraordinary that they feel almost unreal. From deserts that hum in the wind to forests that glow ...

For nearly two decades, a massive high-speed test track for supercars lay hidden in plain sight in the Northern Cape desert.

The cometary cameraman was not the only one to snap the celestial snowball of late. On November 30, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a deeper look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, with its Wide ...

As a corner of Africa heats up, new research shows how the future of the species rests with powerful matriarchs making tough ...

Drikus Coetzee and Nina Holtrup were crowned the Nedbank Desert Dash champions on Saturday after winning the men's and women's solo races.

The third week of the 2025-26 NLL season is upon us. After watching their colleagues open the campaign in Weeks 1 and/or 2, ...

When Roman Novak, 38, and his wife Anna, 37, got into a car bound for Hatta, they could not have known they were heading ...

The deserts of Iraq are no joke, especially when your job is to disarm bombs in conflict zones. Under the pen name RJ Malan, ...