Taklamakan Desert slowly gives up its secrets as census takers tackle unforgiving environment, Wang Ru reports in Hotan, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The Taklamakan Desert, China's largest desert ...

Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...

Fly above Xinjiang, a vast and diverse region in western China, where rugged mountains, vast deserts, and vibrant cities ...

The Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest desert, in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region: professionals visiting for fourth national census of cultural relics.

Members of the desert investigation team of the fourth national census of cultural relics hike in the Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to visit cultural heritage sites. ZOU ...

Members of the desert investigation team of the fourth national census of cultural relics hike in the Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to visit cultural heritage sites. ZOU ...

Two Chinese explorers will join an expedition walking across the Sahara Desert to promote awareness about endangered camels. Yuan Guoying, a researcher with the Environmental Protection Institute ...

Polo wrote of men with dogs’ features (a French illustration, c. 1412), among several other fantastic creatures. Bibliothèque Nationale/ AKG Images "I tell you," wrote Marco Polo, "that this ...

These areas, surrounded by mountains and the Taklamakan Desert, may experience higher levels of particulate matter, contributing to both elevated AQI and tuberculosis rates. In contrast, Northern and ...

Despite these efforts, 26.8% of China's land remains desertified, a slight improvement from 27.2% a decade ago, according to the latest figures. Taklamakan can be recognised by its massive sand ...

5. The oldest saddle ever discovered This 2,700-year-old saddle was uncovered in a woman’s grave in the Yanghai cemetery at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, in northwest China.