Traveling to the Atacama Desert feels like stepping onto a different planet. There’s a reason for that—the soil here is similar to that on Mars. It’s the driest non-polar desert in the world. The town ...

The Atacama Desert, stretching across Chile and into Argentina’s Puna region, blends otherworldly scenery, rich history, and extreme natural beauty. From vast salt flats and flamingo-filled lagoons to ...

Even in the ultra-dry Atacama Desert, tiny soil-dwelling nematodes are thriving in surprising diversity. Scientists found that biodiversity increases with moisture and altitude shapes which species ...