Did you know the largest desert in the world isn’t hot? It’s cold! Surprised? A desert doesn’t need to be sandy—it just has to be very dry. Antarctica is the largest desert on Earth.
However, you may be surprised to hear that it is not the driest desert in the world. Dead Vlei, a white clay pan situated near the famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, is in fact the world’s oldest ...
Rather, it’s an enigmatic and tiny mammal found only in the deserts of Australia – the marsupial mole. There are two related species of the marsupial mole. Notoryctes typhlops, or southern ...
There are certain places in the world that just take people’s breath ... sand dunes that seem to be going forever. Africa has nine deserts in total but none are arguably as famous as the Sahara.