"Our beloved desert plants are declining," Cornett said. One less understood but likely reason, he said, is animals devouring the plants as a last-ditch effort to survive themselves.

A Desert Sun analysis of national climate data from more than 30 weather stations across the Southwest, in places from Palm Springs to Tucson, found that average monthly temperatures were 1.7 ...

Desert mammals survive climate change underground. For birds, ... hand-drawn sketches and maps to chronicle the status of plants and animals that his team cataloged in the early 1900s.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — 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 years ...

In the Mojave Desert, small mammals are weathering the hotter conditions triggered by climate change much better than birds, finds a new study. Using computer models, the study team showed that ...

Climate crisis: Burrowing animals surviving better than birds in overheating deserts, study reveals. As if living in a desert wasn't difficult enough, global warming is turning the heat up to ...

The deserts of the world are threatened by a combination of human exploitation and climate change that could, ... Desert animals at risk include the gazelle, the oryx, the addax, the Arabian ...

Desert animals have innovated cooling strategies that don’t require water loss. ... Climate change is a challenge for thermoregulation, too. And it’s already decimated desert birds. The Mojave Desert, ...

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. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Climate change has caused the Mojave Desert to become hotter and drier, but not all species have experienced the same effects. A new study shows why climate change has hit bird populations in the ...

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 ...