Conservationists were heartened to report the sighting of a rare Egyptian vulture breeding and feeding its chick in an ancient desert oasis in Saudi Arabia, according to Discover Wildlife. A trail ...

An old film from the last century captures the life of what would be the last of a very common Australian animal species.

For years it’s been a barren salt flat. But now, due to floods hundreds of miles away, Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre appears set to fill for only the fourth time in 160 years.

Arizona’s desert birds are in decline, according to a national conservation report tracking long-term bird populations, prompting one conservation group to ask the federal government to take ...

TEMPE -- After years of careful experimentation, the Desert Botanical Garden has celebrated a milestone in its effort to save an endangered orchid. For the first time since the project began in ...

It’s also the months afterwards, where you get carpets of wildflowers growing across the desert,” he says. “Rare events are not well understood, because they’re rare. We don’t know quite ...

A rare desert songbird sounds 'red alert' for endangered bird species in Arizona. John Leos, Arizona Republic. Sat, May 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM UTC. 5 min read.

The rare event is now breathing life into the desert, ... wildflowers growing across the desert,” he says. “Rare events are not well ... a lid on the population of feral animals such as wild ...

Rare event breathes life back into Australia’s arid outback, attracting both animals and tourists. ... the desert is “vast, ...

“Rare events are not well understood, because they’re rare. We don’t know quite how big this flood is going to be.” Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is a 3,668-square-mile ephemeral lake and, despite ...

For years it’s been a barren salt flat. But now, due to floods hundreds of miles away, Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre appears set to fill for only the fourth time in 160 years.