Aug 26th, 2008 · Journalist Jeroen Van Bergeijk wanted an adventure, so he bought a 1988 clunker in his native Amsterdam and drove it across the Sahara with the intention of selling it. Within a week of arriving in Africa, he had dozens of offers. By then, however, he was attached to his vehicle and the possibilities it held.
Aug 14th, 2008 · Scientists from the National Geographic Society were hunting for dinosaur bones in the Tenere Desert in Niger. Instead, they found the graves and remains of people who lived there as long as 10,000 years ago.
May 9th, 2008 · What made the Sahara Desert go dry — and are there ancient waters still hidden below the sands? In a controversial study published in the journal Science researchers argue that the drying of the Sahara took place over thousands of years — not suddenly as was previously thought.
Jan 4th, 2008 · One day before the start flag was to wave, sending teams of race cars heading across the Sahara in the annual Lisbon-to-Dakar race, organizers canceled the event for security reasons after four French tourists were killed in Mauritania, the arid West African nation the race must cross.
Nov 16th, 2007 · The sands of the Sahara Desert have delivered up one of nature's more bizarre experiments: a dinosaur with a mouth like a vacuum cleaner. Hundreds of little teeth worked like a conveyor belt of scissors to graze on low-growing ferns and primitive plants.
Sep 22nd, 2007 · It took many sleepless nights to perfect the Las Vegas lounge act. Singer Keely Smith and husband Louis Prima put in many hours on the Strip in the '50s to do just that. Smith recalls her time at the Sahara. A new collection of her work is out on CD.
Aug 18th, 2007 · As part of NPR's Climate Connections series with National Geographic, we look at Algeria - a country threatened by changing weather patterns and the encroachment of the Sahara desert. In 2001, flash floods and mudslides left hundreds dead and thousands homeless.
Feb 23rd, 2007 · Three long-distance runners have just completed a three-month run across the Sahara Desert. They crossed six countries and ran an average length of two marathons a day. One of the competitors, Charlie Engle, says he did it to raise consciousness about the lack of clean water in Africa. Melissa Block talks with Engle.