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 ...

Geologic evidence puts the bone bed in the late Cretaceous period and suggests that pterosaurs lived near small lakes in the surrounding desert, as well as along the coast of northern Brazil.

Torrential rainfall in September has filled lakes that had been dry for decades, transforming parts of the arid desert into temporary oases. Over two days in September, southeastern Morocco ...

EARTH'S greatest hot desert was once "rich in water and life". The remains of thousands of fish have been uncovered in the hot and arid Sahara Desert, dating back just a few thousand years.