On a cool, starry night six years ago, a young scientist crept barefoot across dunes in the Namib Desert in southern Africa. With his pants slung over one arm and his flashlight sweeping the sand, the ...

Step into the untamed world of the Namib Desert with these extraordinary storytellers, whose cinematic journey spans an unparalleled eight-year desert odyssey. In “Lions of the Skeleton Coast,” ...

It’s still debated exactly how the Namibian desert became home to a herd of wild horses. One theory is that diamond prospectors brought horses more than a century ago to since-abandoned mining fields.

In the hot dunes of Southern Africa’s Namib Desert, the black beetle Onymacris plana runs fast for its tiny size. Turns out, the speed not only helps the beetles find food but also, perhaps, cool down ...

For over 50 years, ecologists have studied and debated the mystery of the Namib Desert’s “fairy circles,” circular patches, mostly barren of grass, that have spread across 1,100 miles in the arid ...

If anyone wants to cool down, they will possibly follow typical suggestions, like taking a shower or resting in a cool place. However, for the Namib Desert beetle (Onymacris plana), the chosen method ...

Anthrax is an infectious bacterial disease endemic in some parts of Africa. It affects people, livestock as well as wildlife. Using GPS telemetry data, a team of scientists reconstructed a special ...

Strewn across the Namib desert is a treasure trove of stone tools of which little is known because getting to them is so difficult. There are few roads and vehicles have limited access in this ...

They de-nude-ed the landscape. Another day, another instance of tourists disrespecting a landmark. This time, foreign sightseers angered Namibian authorities after posing naked atop the legendary Big ...

Although there are other coastal deserts bounded by cool ocean currents (e.g., the Atacama, the Baja, etc.), the Namib is the only desert in the world where endemic flora and fauna have evolved in ...