On St. John the Baptist's feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O'odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, ...

Plenty of summer-blooming perennials enhance the visual appeal of a yard while emitting pleasant aromas. Think yellow ...

Sand scorpions, nocturnal hunters who spend their days in burrows, also leave distinct tracks.

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act protections for the Tecopa bird’s beak, a rare desert wetland wildflower that grows in ...

Flowers are a natural way to lure birds to your yard, and this heat-resistant perennial does so with its vibrant blooms that ...

Visit this large but lesser-known state park for stunning wildflowers, epic hikes, starry night skies, and camping among ...

Begonias, pentas, geraniums, marigolds, cosmos, and primroses are some of the 16 annual flowers that can still bloom in ...

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

Just a 90-minute drive east from the steel-and-glass skylines of Abu Dhabi, the desert begins to shift. The land rises gently, palms thicken, and the Jebel Hafe ...

Little did he know the agave plant he bought 20 years ago would grow to become the massive plant it is today. Miller’s agave stands about six feet tall and the stalk has reached 25 feet.