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The Great Trans-Saharan Railway Disaster
Dreamers hoped that building a Trans-Saharan Railway would return...
April 30, 2026
Kristine De Abreu
The Gateway to Hell is Closing
Turkmenistan's "Gateway to Hell" is a fiery pit that...
June 11, 2025
Rebecca McPhee
Great Green Wall of China Completed Through the ‘Sea of Death’
China has finished building a 3,046km green wall through...
December 17, 2024
Rebecca McPhee
Alice Morrison to Trek Across Saudi Arabia
On Jan. 1, 2025, adventurer, writer, and BBC presenter...
December 16, 2024
Andrew Marshall
Louis Loncke Aborts Double Crossing of the Simpson Desert
Belgian adventurer Louis-Philippe Loncke's attempt to complete a double...
August 25, 2024
Ash Routen
Louis Loncke Returns to the Simpson Desert
Belgian adventurer Louis-Philippe Loncke, who styles himself the Mad...
July 21, 2024
Ash Routen
Star Dune Mystery Solved
The largest dunes on Earth, star dunes reach hundreds...
March 9, 2024
Rebecca McPhee
Natural Wonders: Welwitschia
There is an alien in the desert. OK, that's...
October 13, 2023
Kristine De Abreu
The Sahara Turns Green Every 21,000 Years
We have always known the Sahara as the world's...
September 19, 2023
Rebecca McPhee
The Alien of the Atacama
Deep in the Atacama Desert, the once bustling mining...
June 7, 2023
Kristine De Abreu
Cuteness Overload: Meet the World’s Smallest Wild Canine
The massive Sahara Desert covers 6% of the world’s...
January 5, 2023
Sam Anderson
Exploration Mysteries: Iram of the Pillars
Both the Qur'an and later sources mention a mysterious...
December 4, 2022
Kristine De Abreu
World’s Driest Desert Blooms Unexpectedly
Normally it takes the rainfall associated with an El...
October 31, 2022
Andrew Marshall
Geoff Wilson Nears End of Kiting Journey Across Australia’s ‘Red Heart’
An explorer best known for his kite-skiing polar journeys...
August 29, 2022
Andrew McLemore
Rare Snow in the Sahara Yields Surreal Visuals
Turns out the sun, sand, and snow cohere to...
January 22, 2022
Sam Anderson
The Woman Who Brought Life to an Inner Mongolian Desert
A few months before the pandemic shut down first...
December 18, 2021
Jerry Kobalenko
Alice Morrison Restarts Jordan Trail
Alice Morrison both began and paused her trek of...
December 15, 2021
Rebecca McPhee
Alice Morrison Begins 675km Jordan Trail Trek
Early on December 3, Scottish adventurer Alice Morrison and...
December 5, 2021
Kristine De Abreu
Science Links of the Week
A passion for the natural world drives many of...
November 6, 2021
Rebecca McPhee
The Seven All-Time Hardest Australian Expeditions
Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world by...
October 21, 2021
Chasing Dreams Travel
Rosie Stancer: 600km across the Aralkum Desert
Rosie Stancer and Pom Oliver have successfully crossed the...
September 21, 2021
Rebecca McPhee
Two Women, 600km Across the Aralkum Desert
Rosie Stancer, 61, is trekking 600km across Uzbekistan's Aralkum...
August 30, 2021
Rebecca McPhee
Natural Wonders: Richat Structure
The Richat Structure is a 45km-wide geological oddity that...
July 1, 2021
Kristine De Abreu
Darvaza Gas Crater: Welcome to “The Gates of Hell”
Deep in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan lies the...
March 22, 2021
Kristine De Abreu
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