The Great Indian Thar Desert is the 18th largest subtropical desert land and also one of the most populated ones. It is said that about 40 per cent of the human population in Rajasthan lives in ...

The roughly 3.85 lakh sq km Thar Desert accounts for about 9 per cent of India’s land area and 2.12 per cent of its fauna — 682 species of flora and 1,195 species of fauna. Manasi Mukherjee ...

India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener over the past 20 years, driven by a combination of climate change and agricultural expansion, according to a new study. The past two decades have seen ...

Among these, the Thar Desert, an arid zone of approximately 200,000 square kilometers across northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan, holds the highest population density of any desert worldwide.

Events take place in various deserts, but one of the most riotous events is the Bikaner Camel Festival, held each January in the Thar Desert of northwestern India. Here, you’ll also see camel ...

Tharparkar district — par kar means to cross over — is entirely desert, and belongs to a larger arid zone known as the Thar Desert that extends into India. In fact, only 15 percent of the Thar ...

The Saraswati River, central to ancient Indian civilization, may still flow beneath the Thar Desert, as evidenced by geological studies and remote sensing techniques. Its disappearance is ...

Researchers have found the evidence of river activity in central Thar Desert, near Bikaner, as early as 172 thousand years ago, and may have been a life-line to human populations enabling them to ...

Using Google Earth images, drone observations and field visits, two independent researchers from France have identified eight sites around Jaisalmer in the Thar Desert, that show linear features ...

Remains of an Iron Age settlement have been unearthed in the Rann of Kutch, a salt marsh in northwest India's Thar desert 1. The researchers estimate that almost three millennia ago, settlers ...

Mashable's short documentaries feature compelling individuals, innovations, and movements from around the world. An oval building made of sandstone stands amid the Thar desert near the city of ...