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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Rising annual temperatures and dwindling yearly precipitation across the mid-latitudes of Central Asia have extended its desert climate 60 miles northward since the 1980s, says a recent study.

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 ...