The Sahara is often thought of as the driest desert in the world, but there is in fact a desert that is even older and more ...

From the towering dunes of the Namib Desert to the rugged coastline of the ... The rush of wind against your face, the soft ...

As the diamond supply dwindled, so the townspeople left in droves with possessions and homes completely abandoned. By 1956, ...

The Namib Sand Sea, part of the Namib Desert, is on the west coast of Namibia. It is a hyperarid landscape of towering dunes, occupying about 34,000km² between the towns of Lüderitz in the south and ...

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...

Dead Vlei, a white clay pan situated near the famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, is in fact the world’s oldest desert. Located in ...

Whether you're chasing the haunting beauty of shifting dunes, tracking wildlife across endless savannas, or marveling at the ...

These geckos have adapted their webbed feet not only to help them stay atop, but to bury beneath the dunes of the Namib Desert ... quickly across the sand, and adhesive pads on their toes make ...

Pia has traveled to the Namib Desert. Far away from civilization ... It spends most of the day hidden in the sand dunes, where it swims under the sand. With the young researcher Ndelimona, Pia can get ...

Namibia, our country of stark desert sand dunes and a breathtaking coastline where the desert meets the ocean, inhabited by a diverse tapestry of cultures, stands on the verge of ...

Michael Schober (Austria) reveals a precious waterhole inset like a green gem within the sand dunes of the Namib Desert. The emerald pool was invisible to Michael, who was on the ground. ‘Only when ...