The Negev Desert region of Israel is harsh and unforgiving ... where runoff from the nearby streambed ("wadi" means dry riverbed) collects into the grove's soil. Even the one flood per year ...

Blooming flowers are not the first thing that springs to mind when thinking of Israel’s desert. But come winter, what we imagine to be dry, arid land fills with ... squill blossoms,” he tells ...

Across the desert terrain of Israel’s Arava Valley, amazing creatures and landforms were captured for posterity by 150 talented wildlife photographers. Judges pored over about 500 of these pictures ...

By Isabel Kershner SDE BOKER, Israel — Say “wine tasting,” and the words immediately conjure images of verdant hills in Napa Valley or Tuscany. What they don’t bring to mind: the desert.

At the end, participants were told to remove their own trash and leave the desert without a trace. Here is a series of images by Associated Press photographer Oded Balilty of Israel’s first ...

A unique project on a small piece of land in the desert ... in Israel, communities in Africa. That's where you really see the connection. Largely it’s because in all of these dry land places ...

Ancient traps At least 50 of the simple traps are scattered throughout the Negev Desert in the southern part of Israel. But they don't stand out in the landscape. [Stark Beauty: Images of Israel's ...