Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant ...

The terrain is extremely similar to the Mars terrain and the protocols, research, science and engineering that occurs here is ...

Archaeologists already were aware of walled structures at Tayma and Qurayyah, but the experts confirmed four more—first ...

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly ...

New climate-resistant initiatives underway in Qatar to conserve water in the desert With Qatar’s arid and dry climate in mind ...

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

A rare cell in the lining of lungs is fundamental to the organ-wide response necessary to repair damage from toxins like ...

Welcome to Red Rock Canyon State Park. Tucked away in Cantil, California, where the Mojave Desert meets the southernmost tip ...

In the desert of landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use ... The seafood industry needs to reduce its reliance on catching small wild fish to feed bigger farmed ones that ...

In just 15 years' time, the European Space Agency hopes humans will live in huge 'space oases' on Mars - luxury indoor habitats made of heat-reflective material that grow their own food.

The Atacama Desert typically receives only 0.04 to 0.6 inch (1 to 15 millimeters)of precipitation per year, and many areas can go years without recording any measurable rain or snow.

It might not be the longest highway in the country (at 3,365 miles, US Route 20 has that honor) but US 50, which runs through Nevada, cutting deserts and mountains, is the loneliest stretch of ...