Strewn across the Namib desert is a treasure trove of stone tools ... then fall to a chilly 5 degrees at night. In that time, ...

The Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust Centre teaches visitors about the Earth and provides units for overnight guests to view the night sky while lying in bed. Situated along the shores ...

But not only Pia finds this persistent plant interesting – a desert chameleon also appears on top of the Welwitschia. While searching for nocturnal animals, Pia discovers that also at night, there is ...

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...

but to bury beneath the dunes of the Namib Desert. Strictly nocturnal lizards, they spend the day in self-dug burrows and emerge at night to feed. Their bloodshot-looking eyes are massively ...

the dunes of the Namib Desert stretch far inland. A diversity of animals and plants - many of them endemic to the region - live in the desert. During the day temperatures can soar as high as 60°C ...

But what many of these regions lack in traditional water sources, they make up for in fog, like the Namib Desert. It's one of the oldest and driest places in the world. Depending on how far you ...

The archaeology of southern Africa’s west coast desert belt has not received the same attention. The Namib Sand Sea, part of the Namib Desert, is on the west coast of Namibia. It is a hyperarid ...

Although large parts of this desert region are protected, it still faces threats from unsustainable land practices, mining and illegal plant harvesting. One unique way of protecting Namibia's ...