This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tire tracks stretched across the flat lake bed to the horizon. We followed them in a Suzuki 4x4, looking for clues about ...

Lakes appearing in the Sahara desert captured in satellite images after a cyclone dumped a years' worth of rain on northern Africa in just a few days. Lakes have appeared in the Sahara after a ...

An ephemeral lake in Algeria last month. Image: Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey Behold Sebkha el Melah, an ephemeral lake in Algeria, seen from space.

While accounting for only 3% of the Earth's surface, lakes and ponds are vital habitats, and provide essential resources for a wide range of species, including humans. What is the status of these ...

Arizona may best be known for its desert landscapes, golf courses, luxury resorts, year-round activities, cities like Phoenix and Tucson – and, of course, the Grand Canyon – but there are also ...

To experience California is to get outdoors and breathe it in. California lakes number in the thousands and stretch across some of the state's most exquisite landscapes. While many of these lakes ...

Photo courtesy of Matt Zuro. Image from NWS webpage. The Laurentian Great Lakes, as the world's largest unfrozen surface freshwater system, hold paramount significance in maintaining the ecological ...

Deploy under-ice robots. Study lake ecology and fish biology. Capture sonar images with autonomous subsurface vehicles. Investigate aerosol chemistry and how warm winters impact the coastal food chain ...

Lake Chad - a source of water to millions of people in West Africa - has shrunk by nine-tenths due to climate change, population growth and irrigation. But can a scheme dating back to the 1980s ...

Several Lakes Region towns voted on ballot measures pertaining to infrastructure improvements and local government reform. Thanks for Giving Maine held its annual Election Day food drive across ...

Unlike most couples, they’ve decided the best way to do this is a 100-mile epic climbing challenge in the Lakes. Show more Like most couples, Anna and Mat are just trying to figure life out.

De-Graft: There are more than 40,000 lakes across the UK, and what better way to explore a lake than by boat?! This is Lake Windermere, the largest natural lake in England. It’s the same length ...