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The southern African nation of Namibia is dominated by the Namib Desert. One of most inhospitable sections in this remote land — Mongolia is the only country on Earth less populated than Namibia — is ...

Judy Jernstedt admits that the plant she went almost halfway around the world to see looks “like a pile of trash.” That’s part of its charm. And to be fair about it, that’s not the only way that ...

Rachel Sussman, “Welwitschia Mirabilis #0707-22411 (2,000 years old; Namib-Naukluft Desert, Namibia)” (nd) (all images ©Rachel Sussman from “The Oldest Living Things in the World”) Around our planet, ...