The Sahara is often thought of as the driest desert in the world, but there is in fact a desert that is even older and more ...

Dead Vlei, a white clay pan situated near the famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, is in fact the world’s oldest desert. Located in ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first ...

California is typically desert-dry, except for the four months of December through March, which bring rain that is highly variable year-to-year, with less than 6 inches of rain in drier years and ...