During a recent trip, travel columnist Scott McMurren enjoyed the country’s history and caught a spectacular Sahara sunrise.

A new study finds that the Sonoran Desert’s iconic cactuses are suffering, not only from prolonged drought but also from ...

A great-grandmother who partied outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day says people will "never understand" what the day was like ...

What would you see on a day trip to the new Chuckwalla National Monument? Rugged mountains, sweeping valleys, breathtaking ...

Stout Research Center at Anza Borrego Desert State Park is believed to house fragments of the longest continuous record of ...

The desert has a secret: it’s not just a place of silence and sand, but a living, breathing tapestry of color and life—if you ...

Saharan mustard threatens desert plant diversity and hampers recovery from climate fluctuations. Once believed to be ...

Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater reserves in water-starved Iraq. He is just one of many Iraqis who have ...

A camera affixed to the International Space Station recently spotted some curious symbols amid a barren desert landscape. "This caught our attention," Charles Black, the founder of the Earth and ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Two people have been arrested for illegal dumping near Desert Area in Montana Vista. According to a social media post made by the El Paso Sheriff's Office ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt ...