THE popular impression of a desert as an endless plain of tawny sand, rainless, and utterly devoid of vegetation, or perhaps showing a distant oasis, bears but slight resemblance to the desert ...

Can’t you just picture camels traveling across the desert sand with their humps silhouetted against the glorious sunset? They ...

To see this desert’s real nature, you need to rid yourself of preconceptions of what a desert should look like. The GVD demands a deeper connection and a closer look before it reveals itself. Far from ...

Sahara Desert: You might be surprised to know that the world's largest hot desert, the Sahara, was once a lush plain. As per cave paintings, there were rivers with crocodiles. Elephants, lions and ...

Against the dry, arid landscapes of west and central Australia, these trees not only catch your eye, but are a source of food and water and can point you in the right direction if you're lost.

The green belt – which stretches 3,050km (1,900 miles) – was completed on Thursday after the final batch of several types of vegetation was planted in Yutian county at the desert’s southern ...

As native trees mature, they provide shelter for lower layers of desert vegetation and the local bugs, reptiles, birds and mammals who love them. Rule No. 1: Make them feel at home with native ...