Case of anthrax in wildlife in the Namib Desert: Infected zebra most likely causes death of three cheetahs Date: September 27, 2021 Source: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW ...

Strewn across the Namib desert is a treasure trove of stone tools of which little is known because getting to them is so difficult. There are few roads and vehicles have limited access in this ...

One cannot rehabilitate the landscape of the Namib Desert,” said Collard. Smaller animals like lizards, geckos and chameleons suffered, as well as the rare lithops cactus, he told AFP.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Namib Desert in western Namibia. At 55 million years old, Namib is considered the oldest desert on Earth. In this […] ...

Image of a thorny devil lizard in the desert. (Credit: Kris Wild) “Cost-of-living is a concept humans are all too aware of, but the same concept applies to ectotherms – or cold-blooded animals – such ...

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN For over 50 years, ecologists have studied and debated the mystery of the Namib Desert’s “ fairy circles,” circular patches, mostly barren of grass, that have spread ...

Although there are other coastal deserts bounded by cool ocean currents (e.g., the Atacama, the Baja, etc.), the Namib is the only desert in the world where endemic flora and fauna have evolved in ...