Many deserts face worsening droughts, but India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener in the past 20 years due to increased rainfall and expanding agriculture in the region, according to a new study.

Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more than one-fifth of the Earth's land area, and they are found on every ...

Nearly 24 million Americans live in food deserts, low-income neighborhoods with no access to affordable, fresh, healthy food. As a result, people who live in these areas often have poor diets that ...

Arcosanti, located in the high desert of Arizona ... and dozens of architects and urban designers continue to study, work and live there today. Video by Kate Kunath Drone operators: Marie-Helene ...

Two people have been rescued in separate incidents after being stranded in remote areas of the desert in southern Arizona, ...

Anmatyerr people live in the desert community of Laramba, 200 kilometres northwest of Alice Springs. Now, the work of ...

The adaptations of the camel demonstrate why they are nicknamed the ship of the desert and Ferne explains how Bedouin people have adapted to live in desert conditions. This clip is from the series ...

Little rain falls in the Chihuahuan, but the Rio Grande River - known as the Rio Bravo in Mexico - flows through the desert, providing a lifeline for all these animal and plants species, and the ...

A food desert is defined as an area without access to fresh food within a mile, and most people living there are low-income. When people live in a food desert, they’re not within walking ...