Scientists in Niger have identified Spinosaurus mirabilis, a 40-foot predator that lived in freshwater habitats 95 million years ago.

On Feb. 18, 1979, snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the first known time. It fell a second time in 2016 and a third time in 2018.

In the heart of the Sahara, where the routes to Sudan and Libya cross, the Chadian city of Amdjarass has been transformed this week into an open-air celebration of desert culture. "I haven't got the money to travel so this festival is a way for me to meet people from different horizons and celebrate Saharan culture in all its diversity,

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s water largely receded 6,000 years ago. Could it return?

In September 2024, intense rainfall, exceeding 200 millimeters in some areas, transformed parts of the Sahara Desert, filling dry basins and briefly turning barren landscapes green. Satellite data revealed the extent of this rare event,