representing a previously unknown deep biosphere under hyper-arid desert soils.” But how could this microbial colony thrive ...

An early human ancestor of our species successfully navigated harsher and more arid terrains for longer in Eastern Africa ...

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is the driest hot desert in the world. Higher life forms are almost entirely absent, but the hyper-arid soil, rich in salts and sulfates, does harbor bacteria ...

Hot, arid deserts like this are found on almost every continent. They cover around one-fifth of the Earth’s land area and are home to one-sixth of the world’s population, with almost 1.2 ...