Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

This striking false-color image shows massive wind-carved ridges and a "shadowy" patch of sand dunes at the heart of Iran's Lut Desert — one of the most extreme environments on Earth.

Far-reaching, synchronized desert locust outbreaks are strongly coupled to climate change in the last ... emerge due to warming temperatures include Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and west ...

A man attempts to fend off a swarm of desert locusts at a ranch near the ... as well the Gulf states, Iran, Pakistan and India. Swarms feed on shea trees, an important source of food and income ...