Deserts
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Photos: Colorful Blooms Sprout Across the World's Driest Desert
By Laura Geggel published
Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the world's driest places, is now flush with flowers after an unexpected rain.
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In Photos: Beautiful Butterflies of the American Deserts
By Linda & Dr. Dick Buscher published
By mid-February in the three great hot and dry deserts of the American West, wildflowers turn stark desert landscapes into a sea of color.
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Stunning Images of a California Superbloom
By Tia Ghose published
Color is popping up everywhere in the California desert, thanks to a wet winter after years of drought.
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Behold the Cactus Wren! Amazing Photos of the Desert-Dwelling Birds
By Linda & Dr. Dick Buscher published
Across the desert regions of the southwestern United States southward into central Mexico, a feisty little bird called the cactus wren thrives.
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Burn Scar from Massive Australian Wildfire Visible from Space
By Laura Geggel published
A burn scar left by a wildfire in Western Australia is so massive, it's visible from space, according to images captured by a NASA satellite.
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Photos: Oddball Bees Build Nests Out of Sandstone
By Stephanie Pappas published
A new species of bee gets its name from the Pueblo dwellings it sometimes inhabits.
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Scorpion Architects Build Lairs with Porches and Mating Rooms
By Mindy Weisberger published
The twists and turns of a scorpion's underground burrows are generally inaccessible to anything that isn't a scorpion — including scientists. That is, until now.
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In Photos: Mysterious, Giant Platform at Petra 'Hidden' in Plain Sight
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists investigate a massive and long-hidden structure at the ancient city of Petra.
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