A device involving solar panels and a gel produces substantial amounts of water in one of the world’s driest deserts.

Experience the majesty of The Atacama Desert through stunning drone footage. Soar above colorful peaks, vast stretches of ...

A new photo exhibition seeks to raise awareness around how we can chart a more conscious—and no less stylish—path forward ...

Flamingos feed in Laguna Chaxa, a salt-rich lagoon in Chile’s Atacama Desert. It’s a location that flamingos have adapted to live in over millennia. But each year, is still a struggle.

Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...

The clarity of Chilean skies in the Atacama Desert may be in jeopardy given a project entertained by the electricity company AES Andes which could significantly affect the operations of the ...

Chile's "Hidden Lagoons" are gorgeous salt pools in the middle of the Atacama Desert. The pools are so high in salinity that swimmers can effortlessly float on their surface. Written and produced ...

Beneath Chile’s brilliant skies, the ELT grows—an engineering giant ready to capture the secrets of the universe with the ...

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest desert in the world. It receives almost no rainfall and supports no animal or plant life. But it is one of the best places in the world to conduct ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...