An increase in Joshua Tree visitors has meant bad news for local mountain lions.

A federal judge says Mojave Desert tortoises deserve protecting from roaring trucks ...

The new interactive endeavor invites guests to build a team of "pollinator heroes" and learn how they save the desert.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Joshua trees and creosote brush poke up through the rocky earth of the Mojave Desert on an early ...

A new Mexican gray wolf enclosure planned at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum will give visitors a chance to view the wolves like never before — from the middle of the exhibit, surrounded by the pack.

Habitat loss and fragmentation is often exacerbated in deserts, where many species are specialized to live in this habitat. Larger desert-living animals are also considered more extinction prone ...

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There are twelve species of true foxes in the world, and they live in a wide range of habitats, on every continent except Antarctica. They vary widely in size and appearance. One of the most striking ...

People must be the easiest creatures in the world to track, if the dirt paths at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum are any indication. They are filled with "people tracks" from sneakers and hiking ...

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) (CN ...