A hot desert is often covered in sand and the plants and animals that live there are adapted to live in very hot and dry conditions. Wow! It looks like it hardly ever rains here. Incredibly ...

Despite their dainty appearance, desert kit foxes are hardy animals, well adapted for living in the hot, harsh desert habitat from which they never stray. This cat-sized kit fox subspecies has long, ...

It's hard to imagine that global warming would have much effect on the world's already hot ... deserts. But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

The desert covers over 3.3 million square miles, which means it's roughly the same size as the entire United States.