An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

Lee and Carol Grim, of International Falls, were offered the trip to South Africa when a study abroad program was offered by William Bowerman, who studied eagles in Voyageurs National Park.

For thousands of kilometers, watery fingers reach across the Okavango Basin before disappearing into Kalahari sands—a glittering hand gripping one of Africa’s driest regions, bringing with it ...

But what makes the Okavango truly extraordinary is its location – slap bang in the middle of the ancient and arid Kalahari Desert. It is an oasis in one of the driest places on the planet.

The North Platte and South Platte Rivers meet in which state – New Mexico or Nebraska? Sea otters can be found near eastern Russia in the Sea of Okhotsk in which ocean? The island of ...

Insert: Kalahari melon. This fruit is grown in the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, and is known as the ancestor of the common, sweet watermelon. Much like their descendant, the Kalahari melon has ...

In the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, bushmen traditionally live by hunting and gathering the produce of the desert. In the Mediterranean, the growth of tourist resorts and demand for water puts the ...