This Chilean desert became a scapegoat for reckless humans who have no regard for how they affect the natural resources.

The ideal time to see the cacti bloom in deserts is usually from late March to early May. This timeframe can shift a bit ...

Nina Fedoroff is the first to clone and characterize maize transposons, or "jumping genes." With this pioneering work, Fedoroff advanced with molecular methods the genetic discoveries that Carnegie ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill 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 ...

Head to the Great Swamp area in the Light World and go through the connecting passage from the Swamp to the Desert of Mystery ...

But it is emblematic of the direction of U.S. relations with Latin America, coming two days after President Trump mused publicly about sending U.S. special forces to battle cartels in Mexico.

Google announced on Monday that its online mapping platform, Google Maps, will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for ... while both North and South Korea call it the ...

Google said the name changes, which also includes using Mount McKinley, will happen when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated.

A cargo ship sails underneath the Bridge of the Americas, which spans the entrance to the Panama Canal in Panama City, Panama, January 22, 2025. Aris Martinez/Reuters This month, Mexico ...