Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to ...

Some people think that desert wildlife is all snakes, lizards and coyotes, but it is much more full of life — and of surprises. Richard Stephens is a freelance reporter living in Beatty.

Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Throngs of people in down jackets filled a Beijing park for a “temple fair” on a sunny but chilly day.

Residents of modern megacities are accustomed to the uninterrupted water supply to their apartments. In such comfortable conditions, sometimes a false feeling is created that this important source of ...

Sahara, the largest desert in the world, is home to some of the most dangerous animals that are well-adapted to the hot and humid climate.

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian lawmakers condemned the European Parliament for a resolution criticizing the arrest of French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Warm bowls of snake soup are on the menu in some Hong Kong snake shops, as the Lunar New Year approaches ...

But as fires in the Big Desert become more common, populations of the snake have declined. Zoos Victoria senior biologist in herpetology Nick Clemann said in the late 70s and early 80s ...

Ready to travel around the Sahara Desert with me? So far on my Adventure Morocco tour I’ve haggled in the medina in Marrakech, reached the top of the world in the Atlas Mountains, explored a real life ...

SINGAPORE – Mention the word “snake” and many people tend to either recoil in fear or repulsion. But with the lunar cycle bringing in the Year of the Snake on Jan 29, Mandai Wildlife Reserve ...