Dozens of Australian mammal species have declined and gone extinct since European colonisation – and introduced predators are ...

Many deserts face worsening droughts, but India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener in the past 20 years due to increased ...

A new study reveals the modern arid desert between Africa and Saudi Arabia was once regularly lush and green with rivers and lakes over a period of 8 million years, allowing for the occupation and ...

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

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

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

Ancient rocks reveal there were several humid spells in Arabia’s past, which might have given early hominins a route out of ...

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

We all associated camels with one very specific area, so how did they come to roam a country thousands of miles away?

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 ...

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A South Australian man is stranded in the Simpson Desert in far western Queensland as rain turns the tracks into mud. Authorities say he'll be stuck there for at least five days but can be ...