Swathed in bright and beautiful colors, butterflies (Lepidoptera) are among the most diverse animals on the planet. There are ...

The cactus, palms and succulents anchoring yards around the desert can successfully be planted in the heat, but don't wait.

It was a warm December afternoon, 1969, a day like any other in the temperate desert southwest. The setting sun cast ocher hues across Goler Wash and waning cottonwood leaves rustled in the breeze ...

Up to 10 inches of snow is expected to fall in southwestern Utah in the Great Basin Desert region, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue a winter weather warning for the area.. The ...

More information: Ziyue Yang et al, Patch size indirectly influences the distribution characteristics of phosphorus fractions ...

The eight natural areas at risk are coastal areas, the Prairies, the Mediterranean region, the savannah, the temperate Steppes, the temperate deserts, tropical and subtropical Steppes, ...

Desert-like conditions — high soil temperatures and minimal soil moisture — will come to define a vast area of currently wet and temperate areas, the team from Arizona State University and ...

Temperate biomes have moderate climates and are some of the most common biomes in the game. The plains biome is a vast, grassy landscape often filled with flowers, villages, and herds of passive ...

In fact, grasslands often lie between forests and deserts. (See grassland photos.) Depending on how they’re defined, ... There are two main kinds of grasslands: tropical and temperate.

Badain Jaran Desert, located in the Alashan Plateau in the hyper-arid and temperate desert region of northwestern China, is the third largest desert in China and hosts an irreplaceable natural ...

Located in the Alashan Plateau in the hyper-arid and temperate desert region of northwestern China, the Badain Jaran Desert is a meeting point for three sandy regions of China and is the country’s ...