Inside this red circle lies the world’s driest non-polar desert, a place where rain is so scarce it may not fall for years or even decades. This desert, unlike polar deserts covered in ice, is a harsh ...

In one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth, a spectacular blooming event ... It has a reputation as the driest desert in the world, although that distinction technically belongs to ...

Here’s how it works. For the first time in a decade, plants in the Atacama Desert have started flowering in the middle of winter, covering a portion of the driest desert on the planet in white ...

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth, but swaths of its usually barren sand are currently carpeted with a colorful bloom of white and purple flowers.

24/7 Wall St. Insights Most dry places are deserts, but that doesn’t mean they are hot. In fact, one of them is the coldest place on Earth. In the U.S., the driest climate is in the Southwest ...

The driest desert, now adorned with a breathtaking array of flowers, is a sight to behold. This unexpected transformation, sparked by the rare occurrence of rains in North Chile, has turned a ...

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