Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...

The ability of animals to adapt to extreme environments is quite remarkable. Whether it is in the freezing corners of Siberia or the sizzling hot desert of the Sahara, animals always find ways to ...

(2013). Animals like the Addax antelope, the Dama gazelle, the Saharan cheetah – which have perfectly adapted to the harsh climate, the scarcity of water, even the colours of the Sahara over ...

Students could be asked to make notes on the type of crops grown in the Sahara, the animals people there eat and what aid they receive from worldwide charity organisations. Additional research ...

Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found in a 100-million year old river system that is now Morocco's Sahara Desert. This discovery ...