As they say, life finds a way. Microbial life has been discovered existing 13 feet beneath the surface of Earth’s most ...

The desert covers over 3.3 million square miles, which means it's roughly the same size as the entire United States.

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is the driest hot desert in the world. Higher life forms are almost entirely absent, but the hyper-arid soil, rich in salts and sulfates, does harbor bacteria.

Homeless encampments on public property in Desert Hot Springs are now prohibited after the city council unanimously passed anti-camping laws on Tuesday. The council approved an urgency ordinance ...