The Atacama Desert harbors unique desert life with diverse microbes.New techniques separate genetic material in low-biomass ...

A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama Desert.

Normally deserts can be identified in Earth's geological history, but star dunes were absent until now. Prof Duller says this may be because they are so large that experts did not realise they ...

Lakes appearing in the Sahara desert captured in satellite images ... Hannah Osborne is the planet Earth and animals editor at Live Science. Prior to Live Science, she worked for several years ...

The Antarctic polar desert is the largest in the world, spanning an area of 14.2 million square kilometres. Not only is it the largest, but it is one of the coldest areas on earth, with ...

Now, the world is a cold, barren desert ... a full 138 degrees colder than Earth’s average temperature. Once upon a time, though, wind and water flowed across the red planet.