By Mongabay.com Succulents endemic to South Africa and Namibia are drying up and dying across the increasingly hot northern ...

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 ...

Burke has had a passion for plants since her early childhood ... the Mediterranean, the Negev Desert, and southern Africa. She then came to Namibia in 1988 and as a researcher, lecturer, and ...

Rocks, dunes, sand and dust - large areas of Namibia in southwest Africa are characterized by deserts. Riverbeds full of sand meander through these inhospitable regions. Some of these only have ...

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 ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

Plants died and animals departed ... chattering away and posing for photos. In Namibia, it’s often just you and the desolate beauty of the desert. Our next destination was even more remote.

Succulents endemic to South Africa and Namibia are drying up and dying ... it’s picked up by strong winds. And while desert-adapted plants are able to survive sandstorms, too much sand exposure ...