In the heart of the Sahara Desert, where endless dunes meet rocky plateaus, an unexpected refuge exists: the Guelta of Matmata in Mauritania. This remote oasis is home to one of the last groups of ...

Like every ecosystem on Earth, the Sahara is a beautiful and delicate balance of nature. Desert ecosystems host ... production threatens the last green oasis. Above all, the prospect of severe ...

This story appears in the October 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. An ancient wind is coming up from a place called deep time. The Sahara strikes us as an eternal inferno of dunes and ...

In desert communities frequented by tourists ... in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Houssine Youabeb is the ...

Sat between between the Qattara Depression and the Great Sand Sea in the Western Desert of the Sahara, Siwa Oasis has long been a source of intrigue for visitors and drew ancient civilisations ...