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

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...

With so many desert golf courses ranked by GolfWeek among the top 30 public-access courses in the state, there are plenty of strong layouts to keep a golfer happy in a desert summer.

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

Podcaster Show Player“The Sonoran Desert is one of the most diverse deserts in the world, and if we ignore buffelgrass and let it take over, we will see what we have disappear and be transformed ...

The approach here, though, is not the mass safari tourism you’ll find in many places elsewhere on this continent. Here it’s ...

With so many desert golf courses ranked by GolfWeek among the top 30 public-access courses in the state, there are plenty of strong layouts to keep a golfer happy in a desert summer.

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.

From plant and animal matter to paper products and more, there is just about nothing off-limits to cockroaches. The ability to eat a wide range of organic materials is what has enabled many species of ...

The Desert Museum is home to many animals that live in the Sonoran Desert. It’s part outdoor natural science museum, part zoo ...

The Sahara Desert, the world’s largest hot desert, is a place of extremes. Its harsh environment may seem uninhabitable, yet it is home to a fascinating array of wildlife that has adapted to survive ...

Meerkats have an organized lifestyle that ensures their escape from most predators. However, the majority of the deaths within the animal group come from an interesting source. Meerkats are ...