Animals use different strategies—some drink daily, others extract moisture from food or store it in their bodies. Many species are nocturnal to avoid daytime heat. The desert's food web is ...

The remaining trophic levels include carnivores that consume animals at trophic levels below them. The second consumers (trophic level 3) in the desert food web include birds and scorpions ...

Now, scientists at UNSW Sydney have shown that overgrazing can disrupt the desert food webs that exist between dead plant material, termites and animals that rely on termites as their main food ...

"If you look, you can see from where the spider spins its web," Evan said as she pointed to a live tarantula. "These are the types of desert animals that can create some of those interesting holes ...

Resettlement of indigenous communities resulted in the spread of invasive species, the absence of human-set fires, and a general cascade in the interconnected food web that led to the largest ...

Camels are possibly the most famous survival experts when it comes to going without food and water. These desert animals can live without water for up to 15 days and without food for even longer.