A cloudless desert sky, shimmering like polished chrome. A desolate plain, littered with stones, unfolding to all horizons. A vast and ancient stillness. And in this wilderness of dust, the tiny fo… ...

A desert is not, of course, the most hospitable place for living things to grow, let alone leafy greens, but the Namib Desert — the world’s oldest, with parts receiving less than 2 inches of ...

Scientists found a “large” camouflaged creature on rocks in Angola and discovered a “cryptic” new species, a study said.

See trip details for the Namib Desert, one of our best family trips from National Geographic. Travelers to the Namib Desert run down the steep face of a coastal dune in Namibia’s Erongo region.

Namib desert in the southwest of Angola. Credit: Sandra Oliveira Africa is the birthplace of modern humans and the continent with the highest level of genetic diversity.

The strange, barren spots pepper the vast Namib Desert, which stretches from southern Angola to northern South Africa. They are known as “fairy circles,” and for a natural phenomenon with such ...

Welwitschia, found in the Namib Desert, is one of the longest living plants on the planet. Scientists are now discovering its genetic secrets, writes Richard Sima ...