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.

Check out those many horns - 2-4 horns above each eye! The Many Horned Adder (Bitus cornuta) has a very restricted geographic range that includes only the most southern Namib desert – Namaqualand and ...

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 ...

The ghostly web-footed gecko is nearly translucent with a pale, salmon-colored undertone and light-brown stripes. Their color provides perfect camouflage among the powdery reddish sands of the ...

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 ...

Learn how this ghostly gecko's webbed feet help it survive in the dunes of the Namib Desert. Find out more about this petite, nocturnal carnivore.

A desert gecko from Namibia has brilliant glow-in-the-dark markings that shine neon green by the light of the moon. The mechanism that produces its glow has never been seen before in land animals ...

In Nabatean architecture, stone structures funnel the desert’s infrequent but furious rains into cisterns, solving the problem of water scarcity much like Jürgens believes fairy circles do.

The word Namib means something like "the place where there is nothing" or simply "wide open space"—not entirely accurate, because in the Namib Desert on the southwest coast of Africa, a ...