For a plant, life in Argentina’s Monte Desert is hard enough. Daily temperatures can fluctuate dramatically; it rarely rains, and there are few nutrients in the parched soil for a hungry plant. To add ...

Like something from the science fiction film Dune, the “world’s biggest mining dredger” has been swallowing acre after acre of the ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

"Our next steps will be to bring food and water resources into our calculations." Scientists warn of growing crisis ...

Residents say construction of six new canals over Indus River will turn more lands barren and prone to be lost to sea.

After 1-2 years of sand stabilization, the value of the desert ecosystem can be enhanced by grafting the valuable herb Cistanche onto the roots of existing plants. Each household contracts 30-50 mu of ...

This year marks the 25th year since the Ironwood Forest National Monument was proclaimed in June of 2000. The Monument boundary includes 189,000 acres of natural Sonoran Desert and includes ...

In Arizona, the unfortunately named stinknet plant — which looks like a fluffy yellow ball atop a long green stalk — is causing major problems.

The sudden influx of moisture from unexpected snowfalls can have both positive and negative effects on desert ecosystems. While some plant species may benefit from the temporary increase in water, ...

For the past three years, the festival took place at Coachella Valley Brewing Company, where 30-plus comics performed inside ...

Given the charismatic Cactaceae are distributed predominantly in the New World arid lands (think cactus and cowboy), it is alarming that these sometimes desert environments have not attracted as much ...