Flamingos are not just Florida lawn decor—they are a remarkable bird that thrives in the driest desert on the planet. In honor of Earth Week 2025, this is episode 24 of Stories of Resistance.

New documentary inspired by Professor Chris Benner's co-authored book “Charging Forward” explores environmental justice ...

The Paranal Observatory is situated on Cerro Paranal, 8,645 feet above sea level, and is home to ... dark skies of the Atacama. The desert's arid climate and high altitude ensure clear skies ...

South America's answer to the Sahara, the southern part of the Atacama Desert is known as the Sea of Dunes ("Mar de Dunas"), with those dunes spanning 335 square kilometres (129 square miles).

Despite its extreme dryness, the desert is known as world's largest fog desert, with fog providing some moisture, particularly in coastal areas ...

located in the Atacama Desert, is the product of a 20-year global effort by Europe, North America, and East Asia. With its 66 antennas sitting 16,400 feet above sea level, ALMA gives us an ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is home to one of the world ... The QB mine itself, at 4,400 metres above sea level, is one kilometre across and delivers 100 million tonnes of ore, with an average ...

Chile’s Atacama Desert is a destination I only learned about in a passing conversation with strangers at a Sao Paulo airport last year. Aptly dubbed “the driest place on Earth,” it’s a ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

where the skeletons of sea creatures lie in state in the middle of the desert. East or west, your tour will take you on a thrilling and memorably bumpy 4WD outing to valleys, gorges, palm groves ...

Thomas Richard Marsh, an astrophysicist at University of Warwick, was last seen a week ago near the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood ...

Perimortem cranium fractures, Formative Period. Violence in fishing, hunting, and gathering societies of the Atacama Desert coast: A long-term perspective (10,000 BP—AD 1450) Violence in fishing ...