A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...
This year’s crop of about 30 Christmas trees was packed into a large ditch left by an earlier downpour, so future rainfall will remain on site to spur the growth of native desert plants.
Isolated in the middle of the desert or atop a remote outcropping, these settlements appear like surreal visions sitting in ...
Recent images from Merzouga, a small desert town in southeastern Morocco, show palm trees and homes submerged ... leaving the landscape transformed into temporary lakes. The heavy rains have ...