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But not only Pia finds this persistent plant interesting – a desert chameleon also appears on top of the Welwitschia. While searching for nocturnal animals, Pia discovers that also at night, there is ...
But it's what we would consider a fog desert, a place where fog is the main water source for plant and animal life, like the Namib Desert beetle. At first glance, this group of beetles would seem ...
Their color provides perfect camouflage among the powdery reddish sands of the Namib Desert, their primary habitat. These geckos have adapted their webbed feet not only to help them stay atop ...
While shipwrecked on the Skeleton Coast, the Octonauts meet a wandering hydrologist, Paani, and help him rescue thirsty ...
In northern Namibia, along the remote and treacherous Skeleton Coast, the dunes of the Namib Desert stretch far inland. A diversity of animals and plants - many of them endemic to the region - live in ...
People who live in and near the Namib Desert speak of two winds ... desert's building blocks for larger communities of plants and animals. In recognition of their vulnerability, the lichen ...
But have you ever wondered what plants and animals live in a desert and how they survive there? This is the Sahara. The largest desert on Earth! Wow! It looks like it hardly ever rains here.