When you think of the desert, the desert that appears in your mind first is likely the Sahara. It is, after all, the largest hot desert in the world at over 3,600,000 square miles in size.

The Sahara Desert is one of the most arid, barren places on Earth, but it does receive a few inches of rainfall a year. Over ...

In desert communities frequented by tourists ... in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Houssine Youabeb is the ...

This is the Sahara. The largest desert on Earth! Wow ... Plus very deep roots in the ground that gets the water it needs to survive. And animals too! A camel. What's with the hump?

A highlight of our Morocco trip in February was a foray into the Sahara Desert by camel — a one ... Caboose was about six feet from the ground. Even seated for mounting by riders like me ...

A giant patch of black, fossilized lava that was spewed across the Sahara desert over millions of years looks like an eerie, gold-speckled shadow in this stunning composite of three years' worth ...