In the Gobi Desert of Northwest China, there is a place that appeals to all hearts: Dunhuang. Those who have visited often express a desire to return. The renowned scholar Ji Xianlin once said there ...

XINING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- For generations, the Talatan Gobi Desert in northwest China's Qinghai Province has endured severe sandstorms, persistent droughts and sparse vegetation, making life for ...

The most significant military transformation of the twenty-first century is not being announced in press conferences or ...

This image provided by Sahout Rock Art and Archaeology Project shows a life-size rock carving of a camel, in a desert in northern Saudi Arabia in 2023. (Maria Guagnin/Sahout Rock Art and Archaeology ...

Yosemite National Park is home to several species that are endemic to the Sierra Nevadas, and many are protected by the park.

Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada is a perfect destination for encounters with western desert wildlife, if you keep your ...

Join these caravanners on a scenic journey across the desert from snapshots taken by entrants to the Smithsonian magazine ...

The Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed a new pair of Bactrian camels, named Quill and Quaver. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) said the brothers are settling in well to their new home in the ...

A 230-million-year-old fossil found in Argentina shows that the evolution of sauropod dinosaurs’ long necks began earlier ...

In the Nefud Desert of Saudi Arabia, monument-like engravings were discovered as ancient “road signs” to water. Guagnin, et al (2025) Nature Communications Tens of thousands of years ago, there was ...