Researchers have replicated conditions that existed 4,500 years ago to figure out what role wind had in the shaping of the Great Sphinx of Giza.

The smell of the desert after a rainstorm could be good for your health thanks to plants releasing oils and chemicals that cut stress, researchers report.

Heat from a comet exploding just above the ground in what is now the Atacama Desert in Chile fused sandy soil into patches of glass around 12,000 yeas ago.

Plants that thrive in the harsh Atacama desert are a "genetic goldmine" for engineering crops for our dry future, say researchers.

Climate change in the Mojave Desert affects birds like the prairie falcon a lot more than cactus mice and other mammals, a new study shows.

There are more trees in the West African Sahara Desert that you might think, according to a study that used artificial intelligence and satellite imagery.

The Sahara desert was once underwater and home to ancient relatives to animals like sharks and crocodiles, fossils show.

Spend or save water? Grow or reproduce? A new study identifies the winning bets desert plants make to survive.

"After it rained, there were only two to four microbe species found in the lagoons. The extinction event was massive."