This video of all kinds of adorable desert animals quenching their thirst at the Tucson Bird Alliance's watering hole is one ...

Isolation allows creatures to thrive as their relatives perish due to the threats present on much larger landmasses ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

A Mojave rattlesnake bite is a full-on emergency. Here's where Mojave rattlesnakes live, why they are so venomous and what ...

The Sonoran Desert is the most biodiverse desert in the world. It’s home to plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else on Earth.  Historically, wildfires are uncommon in […] ...

There is no in-park lodging at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. The nearest brick-and-mortar overnight establishments are located at Ajo, Arizona, 15.5 miles north of the park. There ...

There are a lot of words used to describe how plants look or smell — think fragrant, prickly, tall or climbing. But there are ...

Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years, scientists say, and Las Vegas continues to break temperature records. The ...

For years it’s been a barren salt flat. But now, due to floods hundreds of miles away, Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre appears set to fill for only the fourth time in 160 years.

Scientists have identified a new dinosaur species from 86 million-year-old skeletons, altering our understanding of the tyrannosaurs' evolutionary history.

In landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use under a microscope, a new inland desert fish farm is growing barramundi — a tropical species native to Australia.

Winding through thick forests, hiking up desert trails, or simply pulling over at a scenic lookout, one can never get far ...