Droughts are inevitable in the Southwest. Thankfully, a bio-inspired film has been engineered, which pulls gallons of water ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

Sand scorpions, nocturnal hunters who spend their days in burrows, also leave distinct tracks.

Archaeologists have made an intriguing discovery in the deserts of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. A number of ...

A lawsuit filed on Tuesday argues the federal government knows a rare desert wetland wildflower is in trouble, but it isn’t ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens ...

Overhanging the 1991 debate was the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which formed the base rationale for U.S. involvement in ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act protections for the Tecopa bird’s beak, a rare desert wetland wildflower that grows in ...

One Redditor advised against planting a lawn or installing artificial turf, suggesting native plants as an alternative.

Desert mallow is a low-maintenance shrub with vibrant perennial flowers that withstand the heat and lure birds, like quails ...