At the Phoenix Zoo and the Desert Botanical Garden, zookeepers and botanists who were already experts on heat are now figuring out responses to new levels of thermal stress to keep the animals and ...

♪ In every desert across the planet, plants have found ways to not only survive but flourish. ♪ ♪ This is the Gran Desierto of Mexico and the United States.

"Our beloved desert plants are declining," Cornett said. One less understood but likely reason, he said, is animals devouring the plants as a last-ditch effort to survive themselves.

Turning desert into a lush forest may sound impossible, but one woman’s determination and vision have made this seemingly miraculous transformation a reality. In a region once known for its arid, ...

Researchers say that many plants and animals will likely seek refuge at higher elevations if trends continue. However, hillside space is limited, and huge swaths of desert landscape are at stake.

New UC Riverside research found plants in North America’s hottest desert are reaching their survivability threshold. What’s next could be barren land.

If you want this plant for your landscape, a native desert willow, if it's happy and in its ideal situation, it can hit up to 50 to 60 feet high, which is quite a large tree.

As with the plants, desert animals have adapted in many ways to living in the desert environment. Couch's spadefoot toads spend 10 or more months a year underground where moisture losses from ...

Image of a thorny devil lizard in the desert. (Credit: Kris Wild) “Cost-of-living is a concept humans are all too aware of, but the same concept applies to ectotherms – or cold-blooded animals – such ...

How common desert shrub efficiently harvests water from the air New understanding of this unique mechanism could inform new, sustainable approaches for water collection Date: November 1, 2023 ...

Researchers say that many plants and animals will likely seek refuge at higher elevations if trends continue. However, hillside space is limited, and huge swaths of desert landscape are at stake.