A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

The cyclical warming of the central Pacific may be causing droughts and floods, but in the vast desert of north Chile it has caused a vibrant explosion of flowers One of the driest places on Earth ...

A scientist has discovered a hopping treasure trove -- 16 new species of grasshoppers living in the thorny scrubs of U.S. and Mexican deserts.

Desert animals adapt by eating water-storing plants or opportunistically feeding on moisture-rich insects and small animals ...

Ancient Desert Dwellers Findings published by an international research team in Nature Communications Earth & Environment report that our early human relative, Homo erectus, lived in arid terrains in ...

It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on Earth for astronomy. The telescope is located on Armazones Hill, about 3,050 meters (10,000 feet ...

The crews working on the Arid Heart episode of the Asia series had to contend with some of the toughest conditions on the planet, as they filmed in the deserts and dry grasslands of Central Asia.