The deaths point to a broader problem affecting the southwestern United States. Scientists raise red flag over emerging ...

“Desert Dreams” blends HD video footage and time-lapse imagery captured over four years with stills from the filmmaker’s ...

Camels (Camelus dromedarius) are even-toed ungulates that live in the desert. They are known for being able to go a long time ...

Fifty rare plant and animal species are native to the region, including the desert bighorn sheep and the Chuckwalla lizard. The monument will also safeguard clean water for more than 40 million ...

Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world. The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering ...

The animals like the red flavor best and purple ... you're talking probably 100 years," he says. "That's why desert plants are going to be the ones that are suffering most." But Puente-Martinez ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — As Earth Day approaches on April 22, one local business owner is committed to environmental stewardship throughout the entire year. Joe Davidson, the owner of Cactus Joe’s ...

but it is also a habitat for threatened desert tortoises. While the plant’s developers agreed to a series of measures to protect and relocate the animals, many environmentalists believed the ...

This desert moss has been found to be able to ... and ecological processes required for other higher plants and animals while facilitating the creation of new habitable environments conducive ...