Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

The Sonoran desert is home to many different animals and some of them are only found here in this desert. With temperatures expected to warm for at least another 50 ...

At the Phoenix Zoo and Desert Botanical Garden, complex operations to keep animals and plants safe from climate change may help life in the wild.

These Rare Adaptations Help Animals Survive in the Desert From gargantuan ears to concentrated pee, animals have evolved in unique ways to cool off, preserve water and find habitat in arid ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

Discusses desert biomes, highlighting their unique characteristics, such as extreme temperatures, lack of water, and diverse adaptations of plants and animals. It explains how deserts are formed ...

The same climate changes known to be reshaping mountain ecosystems in places like the Alps and Yosemite also are driving alarming new patterns in the Sonoran Desert near Palm Springs, according to ...

Each animal will also be selected based on a strict set of criteria to ensure they can thrive in Midland’s windy, desert climate, according to the Midland Reporter-Telegram.

New research suggests Sonoran Desert toads went into steep decline after stories of their mind-bending chemical properties began circulating among drug users.

Part of the solution for the Phoenix Zoo includes conserving water for their animals, particularly because the facility is in an increasingly hot and dry desert climate, Foster said.

But a new report from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has pointed out that our world is rapidly undergoing processes of desertification, to such an extent that ‘desert’ no ...