The Atacama Desert harbors unique desert life with diverse microbes.New techniques separate genetic material in low-biomass ...

In a remarkable discovery, researchers have found evidence of living microbes thriving in one of the most inhospitable ...

Conservation efforts in South America are overly focused on the Amazon rainforest, neglecting other critical ecosystems such ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is a wonder in itself. It is the only true desert to receive less precipitation than polar deserts, making it the driest non-polar desert in the world and the second ...

"There is no place on earth quite like the Atacama desert,” explains Oliver Ripley, Our Habitas Co-Founder and CEO. “It's an incredibly serene and humbling place, which is a draw for those ...

A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama Desert.

The dry, desolate landscape of the Atacama Desert has been used by American space agency Nasa to replicate conditions on Mars Sign up for notifications to the latest Insight features via the BBC ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is a harsh environment. Yet, once upon a time, humans were traipsing across the landscape committing enormous drawings to the earth – drawings that would endure for ...

Large petroglyph in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile ... for instance, the locations of waterholes, ravines, or road forks. "But they weren't mere traffic signs," clarified Daniela Valenzuela ...

ON A MAY MORNING two pickup trucks passed through the quiet town of San Pedro in Chile’s Atacama Desert and headed up a mountainside on a dirt road. It was 1994, and the five men inside the ...