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 ...

This transnational property comprises fourteen component parts found across arid areas of Central Asia’s temperate zone between the Caspian Sea and the Turanian high mountains. The area is subject to ...

The rift stretches from southeast Asia downwards through east Africa to ... provides some varied deserts. Believed by many geologists to be the oldest desert in the world, the Namib in Southern ...