The vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula was not always an arid landscape. A recent study reveals that this region was once home to a vast lake and river system. These favorable conditions fostered ...

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On a cold, windy evening, a “pygmy” creature with “leaf”-like toes emerged from its hiding place in a remote region of South Africa. Undeterred by the weather, it scampered across the rocks. Visiting ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

Sheer drama. That's what the Great Sand Dunes are. Starkly beautiful desert dunes set against a backdrop of pretty, ...

In March 2024, the park volunteer, Deb Manley, shared photos of the flowers — which measured 1 to ... bighorn sheep (Ovis ...

Isn’t the desert just sand, rocks, and scrub? Only in movies and TV shows. Deserts support abundant, diverse plant and animal ...

Paleontologists unearthed the fossil in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, and the find is unique ... for the distinctive digits among living animals would be the claws of a sloth, used for hanging onto ...

Tips on visiting desert national parks in Utah, Arizona, and California including Utah's 5 parks, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, ...

A rare new species of two-clawed dinosaur has been discovered by scientists in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. The species, named Duonychus tsogtbaatari, was unique within a group of dinosaurs called ...

It was in the spring of 331BC that Alexander unexpectedly arrived in the remote oasis of Siwa in Egypt’s western desert ... of the Gilf Kebir in Egypt, animals are painted on the rocks ...

Major weather events, such as hurricanes or floods, can dislodge vegetation and carry animals along with it ... is the Dipsosaurus — a type of desert iguana native to the southwestern United ...