This beautiful nation has been dubbed an "empty country" due to its extremely low population density compared to its size.

The government has ordered a 20 percent reduction in the country's saiga population, around 800,000, until the end of November 2025.

After Charyn Canyon, the Black Canyon feels like entering another realm. Just a 15-minute drive from the Valley of Castles, this site remains surprisingly off the radar for most tourists, making it ...

Deserts aren’t just hot—they’re thermally extreme landscapes where physics, biology, and climate intersect. Discover why these sun-scorched places turn icy cold at night, how life adapts to ...

They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements essential for high-technology and national security applications.

In this video, I explore the California juniper (Juniperus californica), which thrives in the arid terrains of southern California and northern Baja California, at elevations between 2500 and 5000 ...

Just a few weeks ago, it was June 21st, the summer solstice. Solstice is a celestial term that, I’m sure you know, signifies ...

The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...

ASTANA – A delegation from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) will visit Kazakhstan in September to inspect cultural and historical sites nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO ...

Every week the Coriolis Storm sweeps through the Deep Desert, resetting the layout. Some places get covered while others are unburied. Each week we'll be ...