The Sahara Desert is crawling forward like a silent invader, swallowing farmland and forcing families in the Sahel to fight ...

Part of the transformed Taklamakan Desert. (Le Yu/Tsinghua University) One of the driest regions in the world is being ...

The Taklamakan Desert, located in China’s Xinjiang region, was long considered a blank space on the map. It is one of the driest places on Earth. Even during the wet season, it receives only around ...

China is planting billions of trees to build the largest artificial forest in human history, a massive barrier designed to stop the Gobi Desert from expanding. This video explores how the project ...

China's ambitious tree-planting program has transformed the Taklamakan Desert, once known as "The Place of No Return," into a ...

Across northwestern China, a desert long described as empty is showing measurable ecological change. New research examining the Taklamakan Desert find.

China is transforming the Taklamakan Desert into a “carbon sink” capable of absorbing CO2 and redefining the arid climate on a large scale.

See how trees rose, endured and survived across 500 million years; evolving superpowers and weaponry; and shaping how we grip ...

Fire-resistance, ‘swollen knees’ to fight decay, toxins to wipe out rivals: There are lessons for science in tools that help the world’s oldest trees survive.

Researchers analyzed 59 years of data to show that adding bacteria to desert sand can rapidly create new soil.

When people first experience a Hong Kong Orchid Tree up close, they find it hard to believe any tree could be covered with so many lovely orchid-like flowers that fill the air with such a wonder ...