Egypt has experienced rapid population growth in recent decades. Between 1986 to 2018, the number of people in the country ...

State media reported last year that the New Capital plans to use water treatment plants to supply the ... expanding far into the desert surrounding Cairo. Egypt’s New Capital is the latest ...

The Dutch engineer wants to transform a huge stretch of inhospitable desert into green, fertile land teeming with wildlife. His sights are set on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, an arid, triangle ...

Today, 31 pyramids built between the 27th and 18th centuries B.C.—almost 1,000 years—are strung along the foothills of Egypt’s Western Desert plateau ... the remains of plants and seashells ...

lie half-covered in the sand – a sight as "astonishing" as any in Egypt. We drove over dunes, and passed through the Black Desert (where the hills are "charred" with basalt) and the White Desert ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering ...

Despite the desert environment of the Coachella Valley, most of the landscaping here is predominantly made up of non-native and even tropical plants. Although aesthetically pleasing, these plants ...

State media reported last year that the New Capital plans to use water treatment plants to supply ... he said. Egypt’s megaprojects in the desert may put further strain on already scarce ...