"We inch closer to understanding where life might be possible beyond this planet we call home." The key to determining which planets could host extraterrestrial life could be growing in the harshest ...

Much like we lather on sunscreen to protect our skin, lichen growing in the desert has its own way to protect against solar radiation. A common desert lichen's potential to endure intense radiation ...

The inmates making quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger’s time in prison a living hell knew he was coming to the high-security Idaho lockup and planned how they could carry out a campaign of harassment ...

Bryan Kohberger is likely to end up serving his sentence at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, but he could also be placed out of state Chris Spargo is a senior reporter at PEOPLE who joined the ...

Until the early 2000s, little was known about the Bronze Age culture that occupied northwestern Arabia 4,000 years ago. The impression of a remote and disconnected expanse of desert began to change ...

This story, “Bachelor Bighorns,” appeared in the July 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. FROM MY PERCH on the rocky ledge I could glass some of the cactus-studded terrain while I caught my breath. I had just ...

This story, “Ducks Plus,” appeared in the June 1957 issue of Outdoor Life. My friend Vic was taking me duck hunting in a jeep that jounced and bumped through weird desert coun­try south of Sasabe in ...

The final defendant convicted of the 2008 killing of a Palm Springs retiree was sentenced Friday to life without the possibility of parole, marking the apparent conclusion of a prosecution that has ...

The key to determining which planets could host extraterrestrial life could be growing in the harshest deserts of Earth in the form of lichen. The secret to this discovery: the "world's best sunscreen ...