The merciless sun and grueling hills of the Gobi savaged my taxed legs. In just three days, the Gobi Desert had already robbed me of my customary bravado. I found myself among a determined band of 109 ...

Compared with the Gobi Desert, the Coachella Valley is a jungle. A variety of shrub species cover our valley floor. Succulent cacti, agaves and yuccas are common on hillsides. Four tree species adorn ...

What does the Yosemite National Park forest have in common with the Amazon rainforest? A food supply from a far-off place. During California’s rainy season, climate scientists say, dust from as far ...

Poke fun at Google Glass all you want, but it does do one thing pretty well: capture first person video. Take this one for example, by Aki Watanabe, a student at the American Museum of Natural History ...

In the southern reaches of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, a striking image has emerged from the sand and heat: one of the world’s ...

GOBI DESERT, Mongolia —Dr. Badamkhatan Zorigt was quiet, his fingers tracing the exposed, fossilized remains at his feet. A scattering of ribs and the tucked structure of a hind leg lay all pale white ...

We're in the middle of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert in July. Storms this time of year here usually involve dust. But this is a rainstorm of historic proportions. Locals say they haven’t seen so much ...

With distinctive two-fingered claws, the remains of a previously unknown species of dinosaur suggest it looked like a bizarre mix of sloth, giraffe and cult movie hero Edward Scissorhands, according ...

France hands back a precious Tarbosaurus skeleton looted from the Gobi Desert, helping Mongolia reclaim an important part of ...