In drought-stricken Namibia, where conservation groups are fighting to preserve endangered species, paying tourists can join ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals a unique group of people who thrived in the once-lush Sahara.

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An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has ...

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Unusual structures of unknown origin discovered in desert rocks have been documented in a new study. In the desert regions of ...

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Rusting pipes in a barren field and unpaid workers are what remain after a U.S. company promised to turn a huge piece of land ...

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