An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

A Chinese research team has developed a chemical sand-fixation material suitable for use in cold desert regions, which is ...

The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival features ephemeral artworks built from ice blocks pulled from the ...

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, ...

A research team led by Prof. Huang Zhenying from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered a remarkable survival strategy—a unique seed dormancy cycling mechanism ...

LANZHOU -- A Chinese research team has developed a chemical sand-fixation material suitable for use in cold desert regions, which is expected to serve as a new tool for sand control and ...

Berlin: Seen through the eyes of a young boy, Huo's evocative second feature resolves into its own kind of quiet revolution.

URUMQI -- Chinese researchers have identified the molecular mechanisms behind the cold tolerance of Syntrichia caninervis, a desert moss that could play a role in future Mars terraforming efforts.

Chinese researchers have identified the molecular mechanisms behind the cold tolerance of Syntrichia caninervis, a desert moss that ... author. Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to ...

The nuclear tests conducted by the United States and the then USSR (present day Russia) during the Cold War-era have left ... had its origins in the Sahara desert. A recent study conducted by ...

They inhabit all the deserts around the globe, from Australia's outback to the vast arid territories of North America's Southwest. Unlike mammals, snakes are cold-blooded and don't need much water ...