A global study has revealed the conditions under which non-native plants thrive in the world's many dryland regions and the ...

JERUSALEM, (IANS) – An Israeli study has found that most of the world’s drylands, which cover nearly half of the Earth’s land surface, are unprotected from human land-use conversion, threatening ...

Africa’s drylands are often imagined as vast, empty spaces. Romantic wilderness on the one hand. Zones of hunger, conflict and poverty on the other hand. Media stories tend to emphasise crises and ...

Communities in Kitui County are protecting rare bird species around Mutitu forest while promoting eco-tourism through ...

Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest deserts in the world. Parts of the region receive less than an inch of rain in an entire ...

Mesquite (Neltuma juliflora), a woody plant native to parts of South America, was introduced into South Africa's drylands in the 1880s with good intentions.Bringing it to South Africa was meant to ...

Scientists find that dry mountain soils may respond unevenly to warming, changing nitrous oxide emissions in unexpected ways.

The Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. Some areas get very little rain each year. The soil is salty, and in some places it even contains harmful elements like arsenic.