The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Namib Desert in western Namibia. At 55 million years old, Namib is considered the oldest desert on Earth. In this image, captured on 27 ...

A new book uncovers the extraordinary secrets of fog-harvesting beetles in the Namib desert and other insects changing our world Erica McAlister and Adrian Washbourne Sand dunes in Namib Desert, ...

For over 50 years, ecologists have studied and debated the mystery of the Namib Desert’s “fairy circles,” circular patches, mostly barren of grass, that have spread across 1,100 miles in the arid ...

Rolling on the ground seems to be essential to life – at least in Africa’s Namib desert, where zebras bathe in dust, creating pits in the landscape that promote biodiversity. The Namib desert is a ...