Newly discovered prehistoric artwork suggests how a pioneering sect of desert nomads, unknown to history until now, carved out an existence about 12,000 years ago in the harsh environment of northern ...

As the last person in her family to learn and live the desert nomad ways of her Somali culture, Shugri Salh spent pivotal years of her youth under the guidance, love, and protection of her “ayeeyo,” ...

For centuries, the Tuareg people have lived as nomads, herding their animals from field to field just south of the Sahara Desert in Mali, near Timbuktu. "Our life is basically the animals we have, so ...

QUARTZITE, Ariz. — Rachele Adair had a problem. The van that she lived in as a nomad had broken down. But she needed to be hundreds of miles away in a matter of days to volunteer at the Rubber Tramp ...

Morning settles over the world's largest sand desert, painting the landscape in golden light. Around the tent, dunes glow warmly, their peaks and ridges rising sharply into the clear blue sky.

For centuries the nomadic Tuareg have roamed across the deserts of West Africa, but severe drought is making that way of life impossible to... Drought Forces Desert Nomads to Settle Down Climate ...