The desolate and wide-open landscape of Colorado’s San Luis Valley still feels untouched, even though it’s the site of one of the state’s four national parks. The Great Sand Dunes National Park and ...

Dune 7 in the Namib Desert is one of the highest sand dunes in the world. Towering at over 1,000 feet, it offers an ...

Deserts are often dismissed as empty wastelands of sand and sun, but these arid landscapes hide some of the most perplexing ...

The Rub' al Khali is unforgiving terrain. Stretching across the southern Arabian Peninsula, it spans several countries and ...

NOGAHABARA DUNES — From a molded seat of sand dug into the western rim of a 5-mile oval of desert, I’m looking out over a sea of tan waves. Spruce spears stick up here and there through the sand. On ...

NOGAHABARA DUNES — From a molded seat of sand dug into the western rim of a 5-mile oval of desert, I’m looking out over a sea of tan waves. Spruce spears stick up here and there through the sand. On ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When you hit winter weather overload, and you’re tired of snowy scenescapes, head to Cortez. Colorado’s quadrant of the Four Corners is filled with secrets ...

Saudi Arabia is attempting one of the most ambitious environmental transformations ever undertaken in an arid country.

The cyanobacteria-based crust can withstand winds of 22mph, it is slated to reclaim up to 6,667 hectares in Ningxia over the ...