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

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

Step inside the haunting remains of Kolmanskop, a once-thriving diamond mining town in Namibia, now slowly reclaimed by the ...

The Sedona Gem and Mineral club is moving into its club activities for 2026. Its meeting will be on Monday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m ...

Located 35 km north of Swakopmund in the Namib Desert, the facility is the largest reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant in Southern Africa.

The Cederberg Mountains in South Africa provide rugged terrain with ancient rock art sites to explore along the way. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot – the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number ...

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 ...

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 ...

Duncan Mitchell has received funding from South African National Research Foundation, South African Medical Research Council, Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, Australian Research Council. Joh R. Henschel ...