A set of rounded stones shaped like French baguettes have baffled scientists since they were discovered in the high desert near Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park. Researchers assumed they were ...

Evidence of human life in the Gobi Desert 8,000 years ago has been found, thanks to the analysis of an ancient dry lake in ...

Deserts are often dismissed as empty wastelands of sand and sun, but these arid landscapes hide some of the most perplexing puzzles on Earth. Far from being barren voids, deserts are active, shifting ...

Start at the Furnace Creek visitor center in Death Valley National Park. Drive 50 miles north on pavement, then head west for another 30 miles on bone-rattling gravel roads. During the drive—which ...

In Jordan’s Wadi Rum desert, some stones produce a hollow, drum-like sound when tapped together. The effect surprises visitors because the rocks appear solid and heavy. The reason lies in the internal ...

The sailing stones are a natural mystery that is located deep in the Death Valley National Park of California. On a dry lake(Racetrack Playa), huge rocks weighing a ...