An extraordinary burst of color has unfolded in one of the driest regions on the planet. The Atacama Desert in northern Chile, renowned for its harsh, arid conditions and minimal annual rainfall, has ...

No, you haven’t stumbled onto a sci-fi movie set – you’ve discovered Galleta Meadows, California’s most fantastically bizarre outdoor art installation. In the sleepy desert town of Borrego Springs, ...

The inclusion of Himachal Pradesh’s Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in the prestigious UNESCO World Network of Biosphere ...

Researchers are unraveling the complex symbiotic relationship between fungi and the saguaro cactus, which is increasingly at ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, ...

Ephemeral desert rivers known as wadis – lifelines for biodiversity and water in some of the world’s driest landscapes – are being dangerously constricted by human activity, new research has found. A ...

Through a collaboration between U.S. and Kenyan researchers and Turkana communities of northern Kenya, scientists have uncovered key genetic adaptations underlying survival in hot and dry environments ...

Sri Lanka will ban four species of predatory ornamental fish including Piranhas that have escaped into rivers and lakes, devastating native species and threatening fragile freshwater ecosystems, the ...