The Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. Some areas get very little rain each year. The soil is salty, and in some places it even contains harmful elements like arsenic.
Even in the ultra-dry Atacama Desert, tiny soil-dwelling nematodes are thriving in surprising diversity. Scientists found ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LLANOS DE CHALLE NATIONAL PARK, Chile (AP) — A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s ...
One of the hottest, driest places on Earth has just exploded with color and beauty that artists can only strive for.
VICUÑA, Chile — Vicuña, the birthplace of Chile's first Nobel laureate, writer Gabriela Mistral, is a dusty little town in the north of the country with colorful facades and cracked cobblestone ...