And now his team has found similar evidence in Namibia, according to a new paper published in the journal Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics.

Technically, it’s a coniferous dwarf tree related to the pine. But really, the Welwitschia pretty much looks like a heap of garden refuse dumped in the middle of the Namib Desert.

South Africa and Namibia houses most of the rare species of plants called succulents. These plants are found in the Succulent Karoo desert, which spans both countries.

Technically, it’s a coniferous dwarf tree related to the pine. But really, the Welwitschia pretty much looks like a heap of garden refuse dumped in the middle of the Namib Desert.

Plant water stress, not termite herbivory, causes Namibia’s fairy circles. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics , 2022; 125698 DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2022.125698 Cite This Page : ...

Sixteen plant species that were previously known only from Namibia were found in Angola. We also recorded two bird species, the Cape Eagle Owl and Layard’s Warbler, in Angola for the first time.

Scientists have puzzled over the origin of Namibia’s fairy circles for nearly half a century. It boiled down to two main theories: either termites were responsible, or plants were somehow ...

They’re found nowhere else in the world apart from a narrow, 200-kilometre strip of desert stretching from southern Angola to the nearby Tropic of Capricorn in Namibia’s north.