The Atacama is the world’s driest non-polar desert – a landscape so vast and ... and viscachas – rabbit-like animals with huge whiskers – skittering past, perhaps that doesn’t seem ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants ... The driest deserts, such as Chile's Atacama Desert, have parts that receive ...

About 700 miles long, the Atacama Desert features sand dunes and low ... In this harsh landscape, only the most enduring fauna thrive. An unexpected inhabitant of this region is the Humboldt ...