Explores how plants and animals survive in one of Earth's harshest environments—deserts, where annual rainfall is less than ...

While walking in Big Bend National Park in Texas' Chihuahuan Desert, a park volunteer came across a fuzzy flower that turned out to be a never-before-seen species. The "woolly devil," as researchers ...

Across the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's 98 acres, you'll find 230 animal species – including hummingbirds, coyotes and string rays – along with 1,200 local plant species. Next to the ...

Their research reveals the specific genes responsible for some of the plant's most useful traits ... why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat ...

Mojave Desert. Image by Ganapathy Kumar via Unsplash. The Mojave Desert is a biodiversity hotspot, home to numerous species of plants and animals that are found nowhere else on Earth. With over 200 ...

As indicated by researchers, a desert is a spot that consistently gets under ten creeps of a downpour. In any case, not all deserts are similar. They can be stony, windblown deserts that are aloof to ...

Let us know! The Philadelphia Zoo has sprouted five massive plant displays of giant animals and insects. At the entrance is a huge butterfly sculpture with outspread wings embedded with 3,200 tiny ...

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar-led research suggests climate change, increased monsoon rainfall and expanded ...

It hunts desert animals such as rabbits, rats, birds, and deer, sometimes leaping up to 9.8 feet to catch airborne prey. Wildlife officials noted that the Cholistan Desert serves as a natural ...

Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world. The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...

Petscaping is a new term for designing outdoor landscapes with pet safety in mind. Many common plants, such as Sago palms and Coonties, are toxic to pets. Pet owners should research plants and ...