A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up ...

Many desert plants can live for hundreds of years. But in California, the iconic Joshua tree—the oldest found was 1,000 years old—may not survive a hotter climate, scientists warn. If they don ...

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 ...

Plants in arid environments tend to have short ... the desert and Ferne explains how Bedouin people have adapted to live in desert conditions. This clip is from the series Ecosystems and Biomes.

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 ...

Choosing the best outdoor plants if you live in a dry climate isn't that difficult if you look at some examples of desert-like gardens around your neighborhood. Read more: 50 Small Backyard ...

And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding. These arid lands support a rich variety of birds, including some birds that ...

Little rain falls in the Chihuahuan, but the Rio Grande River - known as the Rio Bravo in Mexico - flows through the desert, providing a lifeline for all these animal and plants species, and the ...

Joe Davidson, the owner of Cactus Joe’s, a nursery located off Blue Diamond Road in the southwest Las Vegas valley, has been ...