The Atacama Desert in Chile is a wonder in itself. It is the only true desert to receive less precipitation than polar deserts, making it the driest non-polar desert in the world and the second ...

Any advocate of desert ecosystems will happily tell you that the desert is not a wasteland, despite what it might look like. And while most desert regions boast vast communities of mammals ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...