Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

This story appears in the November 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... funded expeditions that dredged through acres of desert in their quest for royal tombs and for splendid gold ...

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 ...

Photos from this obsession earned him recognition early on in his career, including been named a National Geographic Young Explorer and the Youth Outdoor Photographer of the Year. Bertie's goal is ...

This common desert woodpecker replaces the closely related Nuttall’s in arid regions; the 2 species are known to hybridize at a few localities in southern California. Polytypic (about 8 ssp.

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A naked mole rat. That was photographer Joel Sartore’s first model in 2006 when he began making studio portraits of ...

Cary Wolinsky and Bob Caputo have a combined 64 years of experience photographing stories for National Geographic and other ... backyard—is patience. Wild animals are going to do what they ...