The Sahara is rather famously a desert, but it wasn't always that way. And during the time of lush green forests, there were plenty of people who lived there, but they've been hard to study. However, new genetic analysis has given us...

The climate of the Sahara was completely different thousands of years ago. And we’re not talking about just a few years of extra rain. We’re talking about a climate that was so wet for so long that animals and humans alike made...

In the future, we may see more continent-sized dust storms like the one nicknamed Godzilla, which crossed the Atlantic ocean in 2020. And since then, researchers have been looking into what caused such a colossal storm. If we can predict...

Using found materials and mesmerizing structures that unearth deep-rooted emotions, Wangechi Mutu's visual creations celebrate our collective history and explore how art communicates into the future. From ancient rock carvings in the...

Massive amounts of dust manage to travel all the way across the ocean, creating some powerful and surprising global effects!

George Steinmetz's spectacular photos show Africa from the air, taken from the world's slowest, lightest aircraft. Join Steinmetz to discover the surprising historical, ecological and sociopolitical patterns that emerge when you go low...

A 50-foot-long carnivore who hunted its prey in rivers 97 million years ago, the Spinosaurus is a "dragon from deep time." Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim and his crew found new fossils, hidden in cliffs of the Moroccan Sahara desert, that...

Camels are so well adapted to the desert that it's hard to imagine them living anywhere else. But what if we have them pegged all wrong? What if those big humps, feet and eyes were evolved for a different climate and a different time? In...

In the future, we may see more continent-sized dust storms like the one nicknamed Godzilla, which crossed the Atlantic ocean in 2020. And since then, researchers have been looking into what caused such a colossal storm. If we can predict...

There are many types of dust with some surprising things floating around in them, from poop to bacteria. And these dusts can take an extreme toll on your health

So you know about Freshwater and Saltwater now and you know that there's not that much Freshwater for us (and other life) to get to. So how do different animals deal with different amounts of water where they live? In this episode of...

Africa’s Sahara desert is a prime location, some say, to build arrays of solar panels and wind turbines. But scientists are aware that building these structures can potentially have large-scale effects on the surrounding environment that...

On the edge of the vast Sahara desert, citizens snuck out of the city of Timbuktu and took to the wilderness. They buried chests in the desert sand, hid them in caves, and sealed them in secret rooms. Inside these chests was a treasure...

Sahara Desert Has A Star Dune

Male beauty pageants, in the sand with Uranium and hippos. There you go.

Yeah, we were due for a Bob Saget joke. Anyway enjoy the enigmatic saharan sands of #Mauritania


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Learn all about the smallest canid species, including what those funny-looking giant ears are for.

Learn all about the smallest canid species, including what those funny-looking giant ears are for.

Learn about all of their adaptations that make them well-suited for the Sahara.

Learn all about the smallest canid species, including what those funny-looking giant ears are for.

In geography, it's important to tell the difference between a place and a location. In this video, learn how.

This video provides a fascinating glimpse into the Sahara Desert, highlighting its vast size, diverse landscapes, and unique adaptations of its plant and animal life. It also debunks common misconceptions about quicksand, explaining its...

Puede que ahora sea seco y arenoso, pero el desierto del Sáhara tenía antes un aspecto muy distinto. Las pruebas que se encuentran enterradas a gran profundidad bajo las dunas revelan que el paisaje ha cambiado de forma natural a...

Los desiertos reciben una cantidad muy pequeña de precipitación al año; ¿por qué? ¿Qué es lo que provoca la formación de desiertos en ciertas zonas alrededor del mundo?
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