"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to an uninhabitable state." ...

Some deserts are among the planet's last remaining areas of total wilderness. Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover ...

NASA’s recent findings reveal desert-like planets, popularized in sci-fi like Dune, are unlikely to support life, even within ...

This 2014 satellite photo shows Pakistan's Khor Kalmat tidal lagoon brimming with water at the heart of an arid desert. This ...

Indigenous animal trackers use the CyberTracker software, developed by Louis Liebenberg, to help with research and earn a ...

Journey to Earth's greatest wildernesses - deserts and grasslands. Covering over 1/2 of our planet and home to the stars of the natural world, it’s here where nature puts on its most dramatic show.

Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve talks about what he was able to accomplish with his adaptation -- and what is next ...