The researchers found a resilient group of bacteria thriving in the extreme bone-dry ... soils to this day,” the study ...

This remarkable discovery sheds light on an enigmatic world of bacteria, nestled within the arid soils ... high salt concentrations and anaerobic environments. The Atacama Desert, renowned as ...

The wonders are mind-boggling in both these bone-dry beauties ... while the best the Atacama can manage is windswept salt flats populated by uppity llamas with pretentious names.