A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent. Dromedary camels walk through sand dunes in the Arabian Desert near ...

Scientists managed to reconstruct the ancient landscape of the Rub’ al-Khali, providing evidence of the existence of an extinct hydrographic network and a large lake that transformed this desert into ...

Stereotypically, one tends to think of the Sahara or the Arabian ... desert in Europe. The rugged western region of the island reaches heights of 1,410 feet (430 meters) at Múrtzeflos Cape. This area ...

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

The Saharo-Arabian Desert is one of the largest biogeographic barriers on Earth, hindering the dispersal of animals between Africa and Eurasia, and is at least eleven million years old. How did ...

Mineral deposits in limestone caves show that the now arid interior of Saudi Arabia repeatedly experienced increased rainfall ...

New research reveals that the Arabian Peninsula wasn't always the barren landscape we see today, but rather cycled through ...

One of the planet's largest, driest biogeographic barriers was once lush with rivers and lakes for 8 million years, which encouraged the movements of water-dependent animals and indicates the ...