From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

Death Valley is one of the harshest environments on Earth, yet animals continue to thrive in its extreme heat. How do they ...

The Red Sea also has the added draw-card of some of the world’s best reefs. Home to shipwrecks and rich marine life including ...

New leader of Catholic Church in Detroit calls to 'see Christ' in migrants. Bishop Edward Weisenburger will become Archbishop of Detroit next month. Archbishop Allen Vigneron has led the Detroit ...

Anxiety is shared by families living and working in Rappahannock, Culpeper and the wider region. The fear extends to their ...

the exhibition will reflect on the evolution of the desert through time and an appreciation for a tough and resilient region. Themes of the artwork will feature alternative ways of looking at the ...

Libya authorities uncovered nearly 50 bodies this week from two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the chaos-strick ...

An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

A scientist has discovered a hopping treasure trove -- 16 new species of grasshoppers living in the thorny scrubs of U.S. and Mexican deserts.

The winners of the Travel Photographer Of The Year contest are a gorgeous visual journey through our changing planet and its ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Thousands of residents live in areas without grocery stores or a reliable way to get to them. What you need to know about ...