Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Geologists examine a massive fissure in Arizona and find that may have existed way before it caught public attention.

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus defied the extreme conditions of African deserts. A recent study reveals how this ...

AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert, first ...

Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

Africa has been gradually splitting into two, slowly creating what will be a new ocean. While we first learned about this two ...

When you think of places that are perfectly suited for solar energy, deserts often come to mind. After all, these areas ...

It’s a well-known fact that lizards like to bask in the sun to regulate their body temperature. But global warming is putting them under ...