The Onymacris plana, a darkling beetle, is the first known land animal that gets cooler as it exercises, scientists said.

Namibia offers an unparalleled playground of excitement for adrenaline junkies and adventure enthusiasts alike. From the towering dunes of the Namib Desert to the rugged coastline of the Skeleton ...

Analysis - The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot - the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number of around 200 beetle species live on its bare, inhospitable ...

Jill Here! The time is going way too fast. After spending a week in the Kunene and the northern Namib Desert we headed south to explore the southern reaches of the Namib. We met up with my longtime ...

For its 20th anniversary, Messika Diamonds celebrates with a collection dedicated to the beauty of Namibia We’re trudging through the Namib Desert. It’s over 100 degrees. The landscape is split ...

The majority of shipwrecks from the era of the Great Discoveries now lie at the bottom of the ocean abyss or in shallow bays.

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It’s still debated exactly how the Namibian desert became home to a herd of wild horses. One theory is that diamond prospectors brought horses more than a century ago to since-abandoned mining fields.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Namib Desert in western Namibia. At 55 million years old, Namib is considered the oldest desert on Earth. In this image, captured on 27 ...