Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten flowers to endangered crops.

Research into hibernating animals reveals that memory lives in the cell and life is defined by the persistence of embodied information.

A squadron of javelinas browses across a dusty patch of dried grass in trail-camera footage captured at sunset on Jan. 20. If you turn up the volume and listen closely, you can hear the hum of traffic ...

Tourism and environment executive director Sikongo Haihambo undertook a familiarisation visit to the Namib-Naukluft Park last weekend, underscoring the ministry’s commitment to improving service ...

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These reptiles show a mix of adaptations: water conservation, heat avoidance, burrowing, fat storage, and unique defense ...

The Onymacris plana, a darkling beetle, is the first known land animal that gets cooler as it exercises, scientists said.

PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) - The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is hosting its 5th annual International Desert Conservation Summit, taking place January 16–18, 2026. The three-day event will feature ...

Step inside the haunting remains of Kolmanskop, a once-thriving diamond mining town in Namibia, now slowly reclaimed by the Namib Desert—where sand-filled rooms, faded wallpaper, and ghostly silence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot – the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number ...

Duncan Mitchell has received funding from South African National Research Foundation, South African Medical Research Council, Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, Australian Research Council. Joh R. Henschel ...