Another fascinating inhabitant of the Namib Desert is the Namib sand dune gecko. This small, nocturnal lizard has adapted to its sandy surroundings by developing scales on its skin that aid in ...

The Namib Sand Sea, part of the Namib Desert, is on the west coast of Namibia. It is a hyperarid landscape of towering dunes, occupying about 34,000km² between the towns of Lüderitz in the south and ...

Strewn across the Namib desert is a treasure trove of stone tools ... 160 kilometers through a landscape of gravel plains and ...

Temperatures in the Al-Nafūd desert can climb as high as 55 degrees Celsius during the summer, making this drastic change a ...

Pia has traveled to the Namib Desert. Far away from civilization ... It spends most of the day hidden in the sand dunes, where it swims under the sand. With the young researcher Ndelimona, Pia can get ...

Michael Schober (Austria) reveals a precious waterhole inset like a green gem within the sand dunes of the Namib Desert. The emerald pool was invisible to Michael, who was on the ground. ‘Only when ...

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the characteristics of desert dunes and their sediments, and explores their dynamics on timescales from days to millennia as they respond to changes in ...

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania This vast Serengeti National Park savannah ecosystem is home to the famous ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.

Appearances can be deceiving. At first glance, you'd never think the rolling white sand dunes of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas held the largest stand of oak in the country. The region's ...