Every year, the Okavango River brings an infusion of crystal clear, life-giving water into an otherwise arid landscape. That water attracts and sustains over half a million tons of ecological ...

However, one of the most unforgettable experiences of this journey was our visit to a Himba village in northern Namibia, ...

Viewed from low orbit above the African continent, the Okavango Delta shows up as a bright bluish-green alluvial fan carved into northern Botswana. For thousands of kilometers, watery fingers ...

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet. With its "Martian landscapes" and sprawling salt flats, the arid "geographical ...

The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat. Instead, it is a vast expanse of ice and snow, covering an area of about 14 million ...