Before the 1960s, the fourth largest lake on Earth glistened for miles across the borders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...

Winter residents often ask which plants, besides cactus, will best tolerate cold desert nights and yet survive hot summers ...

Residents moving to the Emirates and attempting to recreate their gardens from back home with non-UAE native plant varieties ...

Desert animals adapt by eating water-storing plants or opportunistically feeding on moisture-rich insects and small animals ...

Paleontologists have uncovered massive dinosaur footprints in the Gobi Desert, marking the trail of what could be one of the ...

Native edible trees and plants have a bounty of benefits to the desert and the people living in it. The trees and plants ...

It was a brisk but sunny day when I bounded down the stairs, lifted my suitcase with ease, and breezed out the door to board ...

The desert rose is a succulent prized for its thick trunk, delicate foliage, and trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of deep […] ...

The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates ...

Rather than helping each other out when they're attacked, plants may have to eavesdrop on each other to know when to launch their own defenses.

In Central Australia, the Tjakuṟa (great desert skink, Liopholis kintorei) is a culturally important species for Tjukurpa—the ...