There are no assigned seats — spectators perch on haystacks for the best view, but they must be alert not to get too close to ...

Staff members pose for a group photo as they celebrate the completion of the drilling of "Shenditake 1," an ultra-deep borehole reaching 10,910 meters, in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert in ...

After a serious crash at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge earlier this year in which she was unhurt, 20-year-old Buggyra ZM ...

Farmers plant cotton in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Gu Yu) ...

Xinjiang, the largest cotton-producing area in China, is entering this year's cotton planting season with vigor. In this three-part ...

The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its ...

Found at the Takarkori rock shelter in Libya, these mummies, the remains of female herders, belong to a population that defies the genetic expectations researchers had based on the region’s history.

Held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley stretch of the Sonoran Desert, Coachella is one of the most influential music events on the calendar — and can ...

Chief among them was the cultivation of cotton in Uzbekistan. But while the irrigation made led to blooming in the desert, it had catastrophic results, with the water became polluted with ...