Drought is forcing Namibian desert elephants to seek water near human settlements. But human encounters with the giant mammals frequently end in tragedies. Elephants are being shot, and their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In drought-stricken parts of Africa, wildlife conservation groups are fighting to preserve endangered species such as black rhinos ...

Hiking the impressive orange dunes in Sossusvlei is just one not-to-be-missed experience when visiting Namibia—and there’s so much more to see and do. Photograph by Michael Melford, National ...

Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more ...

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Peulh herdspeople, in an encampment above, tolerate the animals. Carlton Ward, Jr. The region is barely habitable for elephants (wallowing in the last mud of a water hole that dried up two days later.

PALMWAY, Namibia – Fresh dung. Tracks in the sand of the Namib Desert. The black rhinoceros can’t be far away. Wildlife rangers Stefanus Ganuseb, 42, and Fritz Hoeb, 45, are patrolling on foot, ...