As he walks briskly between lofted enclosures, the zookeeper looks for signs of heat stress in his winged charges: open-mouth breathing, tucking down into the shade too early or acting in ways ...

For the past 15 years, Philip Rundel has been developing this book through his long-term relationship and travels in deserts of the Southwestern United States, northern Chile and southern Africa. His ...

The Petrified Forest National Park is home to a rich array of animal species that thrive in its varied habitats. Here you can ...

If you’re looking to escape the usual green forests of Washington, the desert parks offer a completely different kind of ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Joshua trees and creosote brush poke up through the rocky earth of the Mojave Desert on an early spring afternoon. Mount Baldy towers in the distance, its snowcapped ...

As wild burro populations grow, they're putting native vegetation at risk, a new study shows, including the saguaro cactus.

Scientists discovered how to study cactus movement without harm - by measuring the silent sway of these desert giants using ...

As he watches his neighbours watering the tens of thousands of tree saplings they planted in their Himalayan village a few ...

How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Charles Darwin University (CDU) and Environs Kimberley (EK) researchers, along with Kimberley partners, will soon be looking to monitor how fire management changes the structure and condition of about ...