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 ...

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 ...

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert. In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ...

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

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 ...