A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

Researchers believe rainfall and flooding changed the landscape of the arid desert to a green area some 8,000 years ago.

The Empty Quarter (Rub’ al-Khali), the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, was not always an arid landscape. A recent study ...

One of the world's largest deserts was once home to a vast lake and river system, an international team revealed in research ...

Black desert cobras, or Walterinnesia aegyptia, are deadly snakes with a neurotoxic venom found as far south as the ...

In a nutshell The Arabian Peninsula experienced multiple wet periods over the past 8 million years, transforming from desert ...

Mineral deposits in limestone caves in Saudi Arabia show that the now arid Saharo-Arabian Desert experienced increased ...

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

Rolling grasslands stretched across the peninsula, dotted with lakes and wetlands where herds of elephants, gazelles, and ...

Ancient rivers and lakes lie beneath Arabia’s harshest desert, revealing a lush, forgotten world once shaped by monsoons and ...

One of the world's largest deserts was once home to avast lake and river system, an international team revealed in research published ...

Isotope analyses of limestone cave deposits reveal recurrent humid intervals in the Saharo-Arabian Desert over the last eight ...