Rainbow is one of an estimated 20,000 plains zebras that wander across Botswana’s Makgadikgadi Pans, a bleached expanse of grasslands and blinding white salt flats in the Kalahari Desert.

Pattison State Park is home to Big Manitou Falls, which drops a dramatic 165 feet – making it the highest waterfall in ...

Either way, this is a beach-lovers paradise and is easily the best Minecraft desert seed. Looking to build an adorable witch’s hut while surrounded by towering Mangroves, teeny Frogs ...

The horns above their eyes possibly evolved to help keep the sand out of its eyes ... These rattlesnakes can grow 39–54 inches long and inhabit desert regions without much vegetation. This snake has a ...

For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing. Can blending ancient ...

The Arabian Desert, today the largest expanse of windswept sand dunes on Earth, experienced recurring periods of humidity millions of years ago, researchers report April 9 in Nature. The study may ...

An aerial drone photo taken on April 7, 2025 shows oleaster saplings in Hotan County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest ...

Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-locking efforts to achieve sustainable sand control while improving local livelihoods.

In thousands of years to come, the Sahara will one day be full of life, vegetation, and vital water once again.