The Sebeiba festival, a 3,000-year-old tradition of the Tuareg people, takes center stage in Djanet, an Algerian oasis town ...

While the most widely known part of Sebeiba is the dance competition on the last day, the nine days leading up to it are also ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

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Across the vast stretches of the Algerian Sahara, we are not lacking land, sunlight, or ancestral knowledge. What we lack is ...

Was Lyme disease a Cold War bioweapon leak from Plum Island? As tick cases surge, questions about its origins are going viral again.

In the Moroccan town of Skoura, a once-thriving oasis is facing an uncertain future. Known for its fertile land and steady ...

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization says.