Deserts are often dismissed as empty wastelands of sand and sun, but these arid landscapes hide some of the most perplexing ...

Ah, you come for the tunes and end up face-to-face with Planet Earth. The experience is courtesy of the green nonprofit folks from Global Inheritance, who’ve been doing this kind of thing for years: ...

WE TAKE MEMORIES HOME WITH US... after an educational and uplifting visit to an animal park. We remember the giraffes we admired, and the strange succulents that wowed us, and our time marveling at ...

Learn more about the snowfall that shut down ALMA in the Atacama desert, and how researchers worry this could be a sign of ...

Underneath the parched sands of Atacama is a massive, diverse group of bacteria and a previously undetected biosphere, according to a new study. Reading time 2 minutes The Atacama Desert—an arid, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brianna Randall writes about the intersection of travel and science. The Valle de la Muerte (Death Valley) near San Pedro de ...

Australia’s desert surrounding Cooper Creek turns green after record floods as NASA satellites capture rare river blooms.

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) ...

To celebrate Earth Day, recognized annually on April 22, several organizations in the High Desert have scheduled community events. The Victor Valley Museum in Apple Valley will celebrate Earth Day on ...

The sunniest spot on Earth is the Altiplano of the Atacama Desert, an arid plateau near the Andes mountains in Chile that receives as much sunshine as Venus. While normally cold and dry, this sunny ...