Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these ...

Until recently, these elusive animals have been nearly impossible to study. But our recent study in Science Advances has ...

Hyenas are weird desert animals that are capable of living to be over 40 years old and are known for their unusual features and behaviors ...

The Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base houses vulnerable young desert tortoises until they're hardy enough to withstand predators and drought. The endangered species' continued existence in the wild ...

Far away from civilization, she visits the Gobabeb Desert Research Station and learns amazing things about the miraculous creatures of the Namib Desert. First, Pia meets a dune shark. Contrary to its ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that ... actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more than one-fifth of ...

Under the unyielding desert sun, a quiet yet fierce struggle for survival is underway. Here, among the creosote bushes and ...

The animals were cataloged before being put in ... The subspecies that was the focus of this relocation operation, the desert bighorn sheep, was classified as endangered in 2000, per the ...

This could be used to introduce students to the ecosystem of the desert and how people, plants and animals adapt to the conditions. Students could be given a list of plants or animals and asked to ...