As we grapple with climate change and water shortages, solutions often lie in the most unassuming corners of our planet. From vast desert expanses to the minuscule Namib desert beetle, nature ...

The Namib Desert is one of the driest places in the world, usually receiving only a few inches of rain each year. Researchers first proposed in 2004 that plants, in competition for water in this ...

A new book uncovers the extraordinary secrets of fog-harvesting beetles in the Namib ... the next desert fogging event takes place. It is the equivalent of us drinking 20 liters of water (or ...

The researchers published that the bare patches are caused by self-organization of the grass plants, which draw water unevenly to ... properties of the desert sand carried out in the laboratory ...

Gondwana Namib Park lies at the heart of the world's oldest desert, the Namib Desert ... it was built in response to a dwindling supply of natural water sources. Game species, which had once ...