Hot sizzling salt beneath your feet. Sulfuric acid fumes burn your lungs with every breath you take. And if you don’t watch your step, you could fall on molten hot lava. What is this place? It can’t ...

Imagine a landscape so barren it resembles Mars itself, where some weather stations have never recorded a single drop of rain in their entire operational history. This isn't science fiction – it's the ...

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Griet Van Malderen's photography captures the desert lions' adapting to new terrain and a diet of seals Griet Van Malderen A pack of desert lions in Namibia has adapted to the rugged terrain of the ...

Being stranded in the desert can turn dangerous quickly, especially without water. However, you should avoid drinking from this plant if you want to survive.