Antarctica is the largest desert in the world, covering 5.5 million square miles. Discover the top largest deserts, from cold ...

Diving deeper, we explore some of the world's desert regions and highlight what we consider to be some of the most breathtaking landscapes.

"What happens in Antarctica doesn't stay here," he said, while recently walking the beach at Whalers Bay, as scientists gathered samples from the sand, snow and air around him. Antarctic security ...

A group of South African scientists has pleaded for help, saying they are trapped in an isolated base on a cliff edge in ...

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 metres up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard ...

Claudia Colesie receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, grant NE/V000764/1) and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA, grant Darwin Plus ...