For a plant, life in Argentina’s Monte Desert is hard enough. Daily temperatures can fluctuate dramatically; it rarely rains, and there are few nutrients in the parched soil for a hungry plant. To add ...

Qatar’s manmade island development blends Middle Eastern and European styles to create a successful coastal community that attracts residents and curious daytrippers.

What little water it does get is usually sweeping through in the form of fog, and it's here that its bafflingly long leaves ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

Minqin county, located in the city of Wuwei in Gansu, is sandwiched between China's third and fourth largest deserts -- the ...

Egypt is pursuing significant expansion in its fossil fuel sector with a $7 billion petrochemical complex and new oil and gas ...

desert towns, language translations, plants and animals found in the desert—even feelings the open sands may evoke. I must admit that it was a little harder than I expected, because not everything ...

What she saw was no ordinary desert plant. Tiny, fuzzy, and crowned with maroon florets, it looked like something out of a fairy tale. “I had never seen anything like it before,” said Manley ...

Residents say the desert is their destiny ... The aridity has imperilled the ability of plants, humans and animals to survive. It robs lands of the moisture needed to sustain life, kills crops ...

While supervising the work of a forum on “Crimes of French colonialism resulting from nuclear tests and explosions in the Algerian desert in the balance of human rights standards”, hosted on Sunday by ...

TAOS — The Kit Carson Park Renaming Committee in Taos met for the first time this week to identify a new name for town’s large downtown park. It’s not the first time the town has launched ...

Everleaf Emerald Towers is a very tall and productive plant that adds vertical interest to container and in-ground gardens.