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Dune skiing in Saudi Arabia

What's a beach without a shoreline, or a dune perch that overlooks a horizon of...more sand? According to the World Tourism Organization, it's the...

The best environmental photographs in the world

Picture what happens when the world's only independent, chartered organization dedicated to achieving a sustainable world teams up with one of the oldest environmental...

Students tackle ‘space elevator’ design challenge in Israel

In 1895, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposed to build a space elevator that could reach from Earth into space; it never got off the ground, but in 1957 another Russian...

An au natural topless tour trend the Middle East’s resisting

Planking's passé, horsemaning is history, and while selfies are thriving in Tunisia, a new photo trend has emerged with the winning combination of mashing the...

When in Rome… Keep the Middle East Beautiful

Green Prophet's Brian travels to Jordan and finds way too much trash out at sea. He asks: What would Iron Eyes Cody do? It was...

Water turned off in Abu Dhabi desert tree experiment (photo)

Our local photographer takes a look at what happens when trees are cut off from their water source in a "desert experiment" in the...

Tunisia’s eco-conscious start-up: Exploralis

As I enter Arafet Ben Marzou’s new  “office” at the top floor of an apartment building facing the lakes in Tunis, I am met...

Star Wars 7 “otherworldly” set in Abu Dhabi desert

Actors and actresses are starting to arrive in Abu Dhabi to film a segment of Star Wars 7 in the desert, according to sources close...

Moroccan desert spider flees predators in 6.6 ft back flips

Ever seen a spider do back flips? If you have arachnophobia, you might not want to, but for everyone else, the spinning Cebrennus rechenbergi desert spider...

Saudi prince slaughters 2,100 nearly extinct birds – for thrills?

Saudi royals seem to be more hazardous to the world bird-life than wind turbines and skyscrapers! A Saudi prince poached thousands of protected birds during...

Abu Dhabi puts great effort in giving sea turtles their rightful home

Some people make injured sea turtles human-engineered solutions like this turtle that got new flippers but most sea turtles are just getting caught in fishermen's...

Google Earth reveals 10-year impact of 39 square mile desert mangrove project

The 'historical imagery' function on google earth is particularly helpful in tracking changes to landscapes since about the turn of the millennium when satellite imagery...

Why oil and gas companies should buy whales hearing aids

Whales, the earth's largest marine mammals, have had more than their share of ecological problems in all parts of the world's seas and oceans. One...

Israel’s bird watching season

A new one-day contest has attracted birding experts from around the world to southern Israel where they compete to record the highest number of...

Arab action on shark finning, and body parts trade is too little, too late

Shark finning, in which captured sharks have their fins and tails removed for use in sharks fin soup, has been a prominent issue in...

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