During the late stages of the last ice age, the Arabian Desert wasn't always the dry expanse you know today. In fact, recent geological and climate research has revealed a very different past—one ...

The French novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once said, “What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.” Nowhere is this statement more apt than in Oman. The land of Sinbad the ...

Even if it hurts profits, funding a desert caravan at least keeps these companies from going under.

Based on a climatic record from desert speleothems, researchers show recurrent humid intervals in the central Arabian interior over the past 8 million years. (Paul Breeze/The Green Arabia Project) (CN ...

Tribesmen lead their camels through the sand dunes of the Liwa desert, 220 kms west of Abu Dhabi, on November 23, 2013. Tribesmen lead their camels through the sand dunes of the Liwa desert, 220 kms ...

The petroglyphs were discovered in prominently visible locations on cliff sides and boulder facades.(all photos via Nature Communications per CC BY 4.0) A trove of life-sized animal rock engravings ...

The third edition of the biennial Desert X AlUla show is now open in Saudi Arabia. “In the Presence of Absence” draws on what the organizers say are misconceptions of the desert as an empty space ...

Learn why walking across the desert is “no sweat” for an Arabian camel. See how these iconic creatures survive in their hot, ...

NEW YORK – Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. The carvings date back to around 12,000 years ago and many are over 6 ...

HIS being the story of how three North American giants invaded the Arabian desert alone and extended the right hand of fellowship to Akmut Hafiz, the oracle of all the Arabs, it is worth while to note ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. Today in History: May 19, Rubik’s Cube debuts as teaching tool ...