Archeologists’ dreams of thrilling desert expeditions in search of ancient monuments conjure images of Indiana Jones spending months on end in his hat and khaki outfits in the cruel desert heat ...

Along with an interdisciplinary team of scientists, the South African native leads harrowing research expeditions across the vast wetland wilderness as part of the National Geographic–funded ...

When it comes to how hard an animal can bite, size always matters. There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta to the ...

It is a well documented fact that Australia has one of the worst records in the world for mammal extinctions. Since European colonisation, a total of 30 different mammals have been driven to ...

Our results therefore paint a picture of a species occupying a delicate position within the desert ecosystem. In recent years, one of us (Karl Vernes) has mounted several expeditions into the ...