Their color provides perfect camouflage among the powdery reddish sands of the Namib Desert, their primary habitat. These geckos have adapted their webbed feet not only to help them stay atop ...

However, elephant tusks are made of ivory ... Believed by many geologists to be the oldest desert in the world, the Namib in Southern Africa was created more than 55 million years ago.

Although large parts of this desert region are protected, it still faces threats from unsustainable land practices, mining and illegal plant harvesting. One unique way of protecting Namibia's ...