The desert monitor, also called the common monitor lizard (Varanus griseus) is the biggest reptile you’ll find in Kuwait. You ...

Desert ecosystems are some of the most richly diverse in the world and yet they are one of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet. Deserts, which account for one-third of the earth’s land mass, ...

Desert ecosystems are defined by extreme water scarcity, highly irregular precipitation and intense solar radiation, creating a hydrological regime that is both spatially heterogeneous and temporally ...

New research has found that the punishing summer temperatures and persistent drought conditions in much of Arizona and the Southwest are dealing a double whammy to trees attempting to regulate their ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

Botswana's fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, African wild dogs, baobab trees, crocodiles, termites and owls that catch ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

A wildfire burning near the California-Nevada border has ravaged parts of the Mojave National Preserve’s famed Joshua tree forests, and experts worry that the massive blaze will forever change the ...

Researchers have discovered a unique lagoon ecosystem in Argentina’s high Puna de Atacama Desert, they announced at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union last week. The ecosystem, which features ...

Arizona’s deserts might seem quiet and still, but they are teeming with life, especially for reptiles. If you live or hike ...

Deserts constitute over thirty per cent of the Earth’s land surface and harbour a wealth of specialised flora and fauna adapted to extreme scarcity of water, high temperatures and nutrient-poor soils.

Rajasthan's Thar Desert is witnessing an environmental revival thanks to the resilient Khejri tree. At Vedanta Oil & ...