Namibia is one of the most sparsely populated countries on Earth, with a staggering 97% of its land remaining largely empty.

Riverside County animal shelters have “zero empty kennels.” Officials say they're in urgent need of people to adopt animals to prevent euthanasia.

During the late stages of the last ice age, the Arabian Desert wasn't always the dry expanse you know today. In fact, recent ...

“When there is no water, nothing green, the sand becomes very strong, a very fast enemy,” says Sbai. “It takes a lot of land.” The desert is pressing in from every direction. According to ...

Locusts have undersized babies—with their first lunch already in their guts—in dry conditions. Desert locusts have two ...

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the medieval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands ...

The online community is rallying around Desert Drifter (34), a dedicated desert adventurer and professional guide from Grand Junction, Colorado, who reportedly sustained severe injuries in an accident ...

Scientists have uncovered a lost 5,000-year-old civilization buried beneath the sands, rewriting the history of the region.

Suddenly the empty desert is filled with writhing, gyrating bodies, beautifully yet truthfully shot by DP Maruo Herce, their old tattoos and sunburnt scars, their braids and studs and ragged tees ...

If these cliffs could speak it would be in this subwoofer language of pulsing beats and techno drones. Suddenly the empty desert is filled with writhing, gyrating bodies, beautifully yet truthfully ...

Yoko Yamanaka’s brilliantly observed “Desert of Namibia” often boils over with the anger of its young protagonist, Kana (Yuumi Kawai), but it often also just simmers with her frustrations ...

(credit: REUTERS/YAMAM AL SHAAR) This can be accomplished by making the empty desert bloom and creating a “Desert Riviera” that would attract new populations, bring in tourists, and ...