Deserts are not easy places to call home. Broiling in the day, frigid at night, and lacking ample water, these landscapes test their inhabitants. The creatures that call deserts home have adaptations ...

Death Valley’s wildlife beats the odds in a place defined by extremes. The hottest, driest, and lowest landscape in the ...

Ostriches are also known as camel birds, because they are said to resemble the humped mammal from a distance, and are equally ...

Rare, 9‑foot-tall red‑necked ostriches, sometimes nicknamed “camel birds” for their towering height and desert stride, have ...

Ringtail is Arizona’s state mammal, designated in 1986 to highlight regionally tied symbols. Ringtails are nocturnal, desert-adapted raccoon-like carnivores about the size of a house cat with a ringed ...

A new Mexican gray wolf enclosure planned at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum will give visitors a chance to view the wolves like never before — from the middle of the exhibit, surrounded by the pack.

Experts at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens are now rolling back several bird flu precautions for their bird populations. "As we started seeing bird flu spreading throughout the country and moving ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An iconic Southern California desert dweller ...

Habitats are diverse environments where plants and animals live, providing natural resources that living things need to survive. From vast ocean habitats to the frozen arctic tundra, there are many ...

Deserts are very harsh places as they are very hot by day, cold by night, and often with little water or food. However, they have been inhabited by people and they have been travelling across deserts ...

The Palm Desert Planning Commission was unable to vote on the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens' plan to expand; instead, the discussion will be continued at a September meeting. This expansion, which is ...