Thomas Duncan, co-founder of Joudour Sahara music school What is an oasis? An imagined place? A mythical one? An isolated, palm-fringed pool in the desert? A place of safety? Somewhere desperate ...

Aridification, when a region becomes gradually and increasingly drier, turned the once lush oasis into the Sahara desert known today. Using genomic analysis, the researchers found that the North ...

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 ...

The occasional oasis, perhaps ... proportion of the world’s largest hot desert isn’t actually sandy at all. Just 25 percent of the Sahara’s surface is covered by sand.

Encased in the verdant oasis, the caravan town of Zagora sits ... of exploring Morocco's desolate southern dunes and the ...

The Sahara Desert is a mass body of sand dunes ... turning it into a tropical oasis with lake beds and lush, green, plant life that could be seen from space. With imposing ramparts and diverse ...

Sahara Desert: You might be surprised to know that ... Scattered inhabitants have settled near the oasis. Crops like millet, wheat and barley are grown. In recent years, the tribesmen have taken ...

A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing ... America's driest place into a stunning oasis. The spectacular ...