Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic: Salix arctica is the dominant shrub species The low-lying shrubs, grasses and other plants growing in the Arctic are getting taller. The finding comes from ...

Many desert plants are built to protect their water stores, and none are better defended than the cactus. Filming in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, can be a painful experience, especially when ...

The elongated ice masses, which are threatened by human-caused climate change, help spark new life in the surrounding "polar desert" and ... to study how arctic plants colonize new land.

It’s been a frigid start to the week this January as an arctic front swept across the ... as South Texas while likely taking out a few plants and vegetation in the process.