Researchers believe rainfall and flooding changed the landscape of the arid desert to a green area some 8,000 years ago.

The top 5 largest deserts in the world aren't just hot and humid; rather, two out of the five have extreme cold situations ...

From the South Pole to Everest, Badr Al Shaibani has chased adventure across the globe. Yet, his most defining journey was closer to home, as the Saudi explorer trekked 600 kilometers (370 miles) solo ...

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

The Empty Quarter, or Rub al-Khali in Arabic, is one of the largest deserts in the world. Covering nearly 650,000 square kilometers ... This uninterrupted expanse of sand, extremely arid, was not ...

The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its ...

Black desert cobras, or Walterinnesia aegyptia, are deadly snakes with a neurotoxic venom found as far south as the ...

The Empty Quarter, or Rub' al-Khali in Arabic, is one of the world's largest deserts. Spanning nearly 650,000 square kilometers -- mainly in Saudi Arabia -- it dominates the Arabian Peninsula ...