The house is ‘a hybrid between a Scandinavian fisherman’s cottage and a Japanese country home,’ the listing reads, ...

This summer is likely to bring bigger crowds, longer entry waits, closed trails, uncleaned toilets, uncollected trash and ...

NOAA's GOES-18 satellite captures a jaw-dropping dust storm tearing through New Mexico, shocking scientists with wave-like winds up to 58 mph.

Once thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan ...

Martin Goodman’s new book, ‘My Head For a Tree’, chronicles the struggles of the Bishnoi community, especially their crusade ...

Sicarius Hahni is a tiny but deadly spider that lives in arid, desert regions. Learn more about this sand spider and why it buries itself.

The Kiamichi Mountains feel more Appalachian than Midwestern—steep ridges, rushing creeks, and hourly cicada buzz. Five‑acre ...

The capybara — a semi-aquatic South American relative of the guinea pig — is the latest “it” animal to get star treatment in ...

The desert is home to a variety of unique plant and animal species, including desert foxes, sand cats, and Egyptian vultures ...

UNESCO designated 16 new geoparks, bringing the total number of sites in the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network to 229 in 50 countries. The network ...

Dromedary camels walk through sand dunes in the Arabian Desert near Margham ... The cores contained traces of the plants that once grew there and the types of sediments produced by the climate ...

For decades, the small sultanate of Oman has lured travelers with its deep ties to tradition and its tranquil desert quarter.