In a quiet demonstration of its technological prowess, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has conducted a missile defence test in the Gobi Desert where as many as 16 ballistic missiles ...

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

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

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

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

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

Deserts have a well deserved reputation for being known as desolate wastelands but one is bucking the trend as it has become ...

How did water-dependent mammals, including our early ancestors, manage to cross this inhospitable desert in the past? Until now, little was known about the former climate of the Arabian Peninsula, as ...

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a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment. By analyzing the DNA of two 7,000-year-old ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — Jurassic dinosaurs milled about ancient Scottish lagoons, leaving up to 131 footprints at a newly discovered stomping ground on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, according to a new ...