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Desert

Shiprock

Ancient California

Unearthing Wonder in California

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Lobanillo Swales

The preserved wheel ruts of El Camino Real de los Tejas, an 18th-century Spanish colonial road across America's Southwest.

Mesquite, Nevada

Davidson Family Gravesite

The remote graves of a Scottish family who died of thirst while attempting to reach St. George.

Mina de Mármol

Cuatrociénegas, Mexico

Mina de Mármol

A former travertine mine traces the geological history of this unique desert filled with crystalline blue pools.

Saguaro National Park in full bloom.

The Unique (and Surprisingly Wet) Biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert

In Arizona, the country’s most diverse desert teems with kaleidoscopic spring flowers, charming desert tortoises, and the famous saguaro cactus.

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Archaeologists believe the life-sized camel and equid reliefs were likely carved and recarved throughout the Neolithic.

These Carved Camels Are the Oldest Life-Sized Reliefs in World

The ancient sculptures in Saudi Arabia were made when the desert was green and camels were wild.

Sarah Durn October 6, 2021

So thirsty!

The Thirsty Beetles That Capture the Fog

In the Namib Desert, slaking thirst is a slow process.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 23, 2019