While visiting The Living Desert, local students got to feed a rhino and turn classroom lessons into hands-on conservation action.

Pictured is Agroecotettix silverheelsi, a newly described grasshopper from Texas named in honor of Jay Silverheels, an early Native American actor. Mississippi State’s JoVonn Hill, director of the ...

Lately, we’ve been hearing and reading about the development of warehouses and our poor air quality in our beautiful valley. We live in one of the most biological diverse deserts in the world, making ...

Many native desert plants remain dormant for years, making short-term surveys ineffective for capturing the full scope of biodiversity. By using multi-year monitoring, scientists can better understand ...

The Atacama Desert is transforming vast areas of barren sand into tapestry of fuchsia, pink, and purple wildflowers in a ...

India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, earns a UNESCO tag for its rare ecosystem, wildlife, ...

Across the world, wildlife conservation has become an urgent priority, as species face unprecedented pressures from habitat loss, poaching, climate change, and human expansion. Protected areas, ...

Once thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan mustard. New research shows its spread is disrupting biodiversity and reducing ...

Once thought resistant to invasion, California's deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan mustard. New research shows its spread is disrupting biodiversity and ...