This article focuses on desert elephants of Namibia. Running from Etosha National Park in the east to Skeleton Coast National Park in the west, 12 ephemeral rivers form linear oases through this semiarid stretch of the Namibia desert. Researcher Keith Leggett is conducting the first comprehensive ...
Namibia Desert Dunes The oldest desert in the world is the Namib desert. The Namib is a coastal desert with huge dunes along the Atlantic Ocean and thus stretching along of the western part of Namibia. The name gives it away, 'namib' means vast place and a vast place it is! One of t...
1. Oldest Desert in the World The Namib is the oldest desert of the world and is more than 55 million years old. The official name is 'Namib Sand Sea'. The desert is referred to as 'sand sea' as there is hardly any vegetation in this desert. The Namib desert is a coastal desert ...
“Days are filled with an endless stream of remarkable experiences, amazing landscapes, desert and coastal wildlife, historic shipwrecks and abandoned diamond mines, as well as visiting authentic Himba villages further inland. A truly life-punctuating adventure.” Related article10 of the last great w...
2003 - Distribution and status of the desert-dwelling giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) in Northwestern Namibia. African Zoology 38:184-188.Fennessy, J., Leggett, K. & Schneider, S. (2003) Distribution and status of the desert-dwelling giraffe (Giraffa cameloparda- lis angolensis) in...
Brain C, Mitchell D (1999) Body temperature changes in free- ranging baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) in the Namib Desert, Namibia. Int J Primatol 20:585-598Brain, C., & Mitchell, D. (1999). Body temperature changes in free-ranging baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) in the Namib ...