spiny canes that produce clusters of bright red flowers in the spring. Ocotillo is highly adapted to desert conditions, with ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the swale paintbrush as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This ...

“FLOWERS WILL EMERGE FROM THE DESERT” - Interviews & Communiques from Sudanese Anarchists A small selection of interviews and ...

The "desierto florido" (flowering desert) phenomenon usually occurs every five to seven years when rains cause buried seeds to germinate and flower. But this bloom comes just two years after a a ...

Botanist Pablo Guerrero has been visiting Atacama cacti all his life. They’re not adapting well to a drier climate, booming mining and plant collection.

A desert garden incorporates drought-tolerant plants that thrive in hot and dry climates. Rather than the traditional lawn ...

The camera team and scientists trek over dunes in the search of wildflowers, Gran Desierto, Mexico. Photographer: Paul Williams ‘this might be enough’ he said ‘to trigger an extremely rare ...

The small herbaceous plant with delicate pale pink flowers grows in alkali wetlands in two desert basins in western Nevada and eastern ... Ash Meadows will eventually draw down groundwater and dry up ...

If they don't survive, that could affect species such as the yucca moth, which lays its eggs inside the Joshua tree flower. Desert bird species could also be in danger from climate change ...