As my older daughter prepared last summer to take off for college, there was just one thing left to do: Kidnap her and take her someplace where there is little Wi-Fi, no boyfriend and no threat of ...

NAMIB DESERT, Namibia — Chris, a Namibian ranger, leans against the railing at Sossusvlei Wilderness Camp, dry gravel plains and low mountains stretching behind him. It is the only man-made object ...

Jill Here! The time is going way too fast. After spending a week in the Kunene and the northern Namib Desert we headed south to explore the southern reaches of the Namib. We met up with my longtime ...

Editor’s note: When Leucadia resident Allan Karl found himself at a fork in the road of his life — out of a job and recently divorced — he hopped on his motorcycle and spent the next three years ...

One evening earlier this spring, German naturalist Norbert Jürgens strayed from his expedition in the Namib Desert. He walked away from his campsite beside Leopard Rock, a huge pile of schist slabs ...

Gondwana Namib Park, a privately owned nature reserve, offers a unique glimpse into the life of wildlife endemic to the area. Located near the Namib Naukluft Park, this area showcases a harmonious ...

In Namibia’s remote Sperrgebiet—a name that translates from German as “forbidden zone”—miners looking for diamonds stumbled ...

For Irvinne Simataa, executive vice president at Swakop Uranium, the operator of the Husab Mine, the site represents a microcosm of Namibia's broader development path, where resource extraction must ...

Half a millennium after it vanished, a 500-year treasure ship has surfaced from beneath the sands of the Namib, its timbers ...

Authorities in Namibia have condemned a group of tourists who posed naked for a photo in the Namib Desert, labelling it a “punishable act” that “violated the country’s laws”. Photo / Getty Images A ...

Some deserts around the world produce a natural phenomenon called “booming dunes,” where dry sand grains rub and vibrate to ...