An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

The city of Alto Hospicio, in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is one of the driest places on Earth. And yet its population of 140,000 ...

The Negev Urban Research Lab ( NUR) in Beersheva, the unofficial capital of the Negev desert, is the first of its kind in Israel. Although NUR is one of 10 similar labs operating worldwide under the ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three ...

About two-thirds of the record 35 delegations at this year’s Games are from tropical and desert climate nations, including ...

Competition is in full swing at the Asian Winter Games in northeast China’s Harbin. In the spotlight are not just the winter sports powerhouses, but those hailing from nations without snow. About ...