By Leonie Joubert Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their ...

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 ...

South Africa and Namibia houses most of the rare species of plants called succulents. These plants are found in the Succulent Karoo desert, which spans both countries. These plans are aptly named ...

In the desert areas of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, research work has revealed unusual structures that are probably due to the activity of an unknown microbiological life form. Unusually small ...

Namibia's civil war started in ... source of food for invertebrates. They're the desert's building blocks for larger communities of plants and animals. In recognition of their vulnerability ...

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert. In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ...

Plants adapt in many ways so that they survive ... as long as 4,800 years longer than any other tree. Cacti live in the desert. They have large, fleshy stems to store water, thick, waxy skin ...