Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

Bullish - Video. Desert Life: Plant & Animal Adaptations to Extreme Heat and Water Scarcity. Posted: April 16, 2025 | Last updated: July 11, 2025 ...

While most of us are desperately reaching for the nearest fan or AC remote during heatwaves, there are animals out there that ...

Some animals live in niche places. What is an extremophile? We'll go over these amazing living things defying the odds on ...

Meet the animals that survive extreme desert conditions. Hot, dry, and barren, deserts may seem hostile to life. But many species do just fine in the heat.

From bacteria that can survive inside rocks to microbes that thrive in fiery heat, life can take some extreme forms. Here are some extremophiles living in unlikely places, from hydrothermal vents ...

Chile’s desiccated Atacama Desert was once considered a dead zone, but it hides great riches that could help us tackle a major threat to human health. Staring out across the desolate landscape ...

Extreme microorganisms carpeting the Atacama Desert in Chile illuminate how life might have first taken hold on Earth’s surface. Skip to main content.

In fact, Schulze-Makuch believes NASA may have already detected life on Mars with its Viking landers in the 1970s. As microbial life in the Atacama Desert dies when exposed to too much water, the ...

Extreme heat is both one of Death Valley’s greatest intrigues and its most serious safety concern. It’s not uncommon for a few people to die in the park from heatstroke in any given summer ...

Microbial life has previously been recorded down to depths of 2.6 feet (80 centimeters) in the Atacama Desert, but the new biosphere, in the region's bone-dry Yungay Valley is "completely isolated ...