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See the World's Driest Desert Covered in WildflowersAn unexpected rain has caused the world's driest nonpolar desert to burst into bloom.
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Photos: Colorful Blooms Sprout Across the World's Driest DesertChile'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 DesertsBy 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 SuperbloomColor 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 BirdsAcross 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 SpaceA 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 SandstoneA 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 RoomsThe 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 SightScientists investigate a massive and long-hidden structure at the ancient city of Petra.
