Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, bare rock, and salt flats is so extreme and otherworldly that it’s used as ...

Beneath the sand and heat of certain deserts lie the secrets of ancient oceans, where waves once rolled, marine life thrived, and ecosystems flourished before climate shifts transformed water into ...

For the last 12 years a company called Bureo has been working with local fisherman to remove dangerous nets from the ocean.

Whale carcasses take decades to fully decompose and can provide food for an entire ecosystem on the dark depths of the ocean floor. Dr Adrian Glover, a Museum expert in deep-sea biodiversity, sheds ...

Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It could soon be swallowed by the sand.