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As the trail wound its way into Arizona's Sky Islands, the region's biodiversity was on full display, as were the threats ...

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The Nevada desert once scarred by mushroom clouds now shelters a surprisingly rich web of life, with scientists documenting ...

In Death Valley’s relentless heat, Tidestromia oblongifolia doesn’t just survive—it thrives. Michigan State University scientists discovered that the plant can quickly adjust its photosynthetic ...

Every mind-bending molecule in nature has an evolutionary origin; a defense against being eaten, a lure for pollinators, or perhaps a happy biochemical accident. Though they seem extraordinary, life ...

A firefighter with the National Park Service says a fire wiped out more than a thousand Joshua trees amid the government ...

As drug-resistant infections continue to rise, researchers are looking for new antimicrobial strategies that are both ...

Two very different pterosaur species from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert are reshaping how scientists picture the Late Cretaceous ...

Life in places like California’s Death Valley pushes everything to its limit. Temperatures rise past 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

Scientists on an expedition to find the species, which had never been seen alive, uncovered one hiding in a crevice in the middle of the Karakum Desert.