Rocks, dunes, sand and dust - large areas of Namibia in southwest Africa are characterized ... And yet they are crucial for the survival of many living beings.

Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swore in its first woman president Friday after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party's 35-year grip on power.

Experts at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens are now rolling back several bird flu precautions for their bird populations. "As we started seeing bird flu spreading throughout the country and ...

Since its independence in 1990, Namibia had made progress in reducing poverty, halving the proportion of Namibians living below the national poverty line to 28.7% in 2009-10 and to 17.4% by 2015-16.

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 ...

Scientists discovered extraordinary structures near desert regions of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia that may represent unknown microorganisms. The microorganism exists within the Namibian desert, ...

Desert of Namibia follows the mercurial 21-year-old Kana (Yumi Kawai), a hair-removal technician at a salon in Tokyo, who bristles against the beauty expectations placed on women her age. Her ...