Learn about the world’s most endangered animals, including the threats they ... What can save the desert's most tenacious birds? Tiny apartments. What can save the desert's most tenacious ...

Remi Benali / Corbis The Sahara ... Mecca. Desert caravans were the source of Chinguetti's economic prosperity, with as many as 30,000 camels gathering there at the same time. The animals, which ...

In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the rare western wildflower Tecopa bird’s beak may qualify for protection ...

“Thankfully this beautiful desert gem will now get the scientific attention and help the Endangered Species Act calls for.” In former times swale paintbrushes lived in 11 spots in the Mexican states ...

At the end of a warmer and wetter climate stage called the African Humid Period, the Sahara transformed into the world's largest hot desert roughly around 3,000 BC. Members of our species Homo ...