Plants and animals across sub-Saharan Africa have declined by 24 percent since preindustrial days. Large mammals like forest ...

The Algodones Sand Dunes of Southern California stretch for 40 miles, creating a landscape more typical of the Sahara Desert.

"The tip of the iceberg." Desert mammals thought to have been extinct for almost 50 years return to the wild: 'It could've ...

Atmos reports on an effort to rewild southern Namibia, reintroducing wildlife to restore the ecosystem after decades of loss.

The Laredo Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration of the fourth anniversary of Laredo Safari and Adventure Park on Tuesday, ...

A satellite photo from July shows intricate snowy stripes painted across the Atacama Desert in Chile. The icy weather temporarily put the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) ...

From bioluminescence tours to northern lights excursions, nighttime tourism is on the rise—and I understand the allure well. I fell hard for astrotourism after an alfresco camping trip beneath the ...

Bushfires are deadly, they can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days in the vast desert of Mauritania.

With a new generation of fast and affordable gene sequencers, researchers are better equipped than ever to tackle Earth’s ...

Researchers from the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (APES) have contributed significantly to a major ...

Other benefactors include the far-sighted Englishman John Knowles, who established Britain’s first zoological collection ...

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