Presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei proposed building a maximum security prison in the Atacama desert, north of Copiapó, to combat organized crime by isolating the leaders of Chile's criminal gangs.

Discover how the pursuit of sustainable technology is impacting Chile's Atacama Desert. Mining operations are draining this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No one wants to be that guy waxing on about how beautiful the sunset was on vacation—but what if it was a double sunset? One that ...

It may be one of the driest places on Earth -- a brutal, alien landscape where life seems impossible. But Chile's massive Atacama desert is a unique and fragile ecosystem that experts say is being ...

Heavy seasonal rainfall in the northern half of Chile, which caused severe flooding in May, has created something truly beautiful. The country’s Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world, has ...

When Eduardo Unda-Sanzana arrived in Chile’s Atacama Desert to teach astronomy, the darkness was disorienting. The remote location of the small observatory at Catholic University of the North made it ...

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile, Nov 1 – In Chile’s dry Atacama desert, stargazers are scanning the clear night skies to detect the existence of life on other planets and study so-called ‘dark energy,’ a ...

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — In the middle of the desert in northern Chile, massive pools of Caribbean blue water sit next to what appear to be snowdrifts. But this is a lithium mine. The pools are filled ...

The renowned luxury lodge reemerges from a year-long, top-to-toe transformation, inviting visitors back to some of the planet’s most dramatic landscapes. ByCarley Rojas Ávila, Former Contributor.