You'll be amazed by the ways desert birds survive and thrive in dry country. Learn about the bird species that live in ...

Desert ephemeral plants are known for their ability to complete their life cycle in a short period during brief windows of favorable conditions, such as rainfall or snowmelt. Relying heavily on ...

In sun-scorched expanse of Big Bend National Park, where the Chihuahuan Desert stretches seemingly endlessly, Deb Manley was ...

Such environments are so harsh and otherworldly that scientists have even studied them for clues about life on Mars ... blanketed in wildflowers. Desert plants may have to go without fresh ...

Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied those passionate about preserving desert plant life with a giant sign outside his Scottsdale ranch. “Save the Desert,” it said. The Starck Ranch was located on a ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three ...

A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...