Photographing them was a thrilling experience that brought me in contact with plants that most of us know nothing about but ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

Yet when it comes to stunning natural beauty, size is far from everything. In this case, Carcross Desert's sublime grandeur and photogenic character reflect not only its own immense beauty, but also ...

TIANJIN -- China is leveraging its vast desert regions to develop large-scale solar and wind power bases that not only ...

Bactrian camels make up only a small fraction of the world camel population—around 6 percent (or 2 million) as of today. But in the early '90s, the population and plight was far worse. Prior to ...

ByMatt Dutile Published on June 21, 2025 Camels and their herders at the 2025 Ten Thousand Camel Festival in Mongolia.Credit: Matt Dutile ...

Small-scale fountains and water walls provide evaporative cooling without excessive water use. The gentle sound of trickling water creates a psychological cooling effect even on the hottest days.

On top of that, thorium is incredibly abundant. Construction on the reactor in the Gobi Desert, which has a two megawatt output, began in 2018, but research started decades earlier halfway around the ...

[Photo/CCTV News] China's first large-scale renewable energy transmission base in the Gobi Desert and other arid regions has officially begun operation, with the first two coal-fired power units, each ...

Northwest Phoenix, a once-vast expanse of desert scrub, has transformed into a hub of industrial development and employment growth in the city, making it the world's next high-tech mecca.

With the Spreckels plant shut down, this is a difficult task. According to Hawk, the Southern Minnesota Sugar Beet company decided that Imperial County would have neither a sugar allotment nor receive ...