India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, perched high in the trans-Himalayan region, is among the 26 new biosphere reserves across several countries, designated by UNESCO, the world body announced on ...
While visiting The Living Desert, local students got to feed a rhino and turn classroom lessons into hands-on conservation action.
Spiti, India's first high-altitude Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, now joins UNESCO's World Network. This designation elevates Spiti beyond an adventure spot to a fragile, recognized landscape ...
When winter wind sculpts the ridges of the Trans-Himalayan realm into frosty silhouettes, few landscapes feel as starkly beautiful as the cold desert of Lahaul-Spiti. Now, with its recent inscription ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. The carvings date back to around 12,000 years ago and many are ...
"We inch closer to understanding where life might be possible beyond this planet we call home." The key to determining which planets could host extraterrestrial life could be growing in the harshest ...
Deserts are often thought of as vast and extremely hot sandy landscapes of endless sand dunes, a blazing sun, and extreme aridity. Some deserts around the world defy this stereotype and do get ...
Zachary Burton, a Montana State University assistant professor of earth sciences, stands next to a soil pit while conducting research in August 2024 at Sevier Lake in Utah. Photo by Zachary F. M.