When desert animals face environmental extremes day in and day out, every unique anatomical feature can aid in their survival ...

Saguaro Park in southeastern Arizona, near Tucson, offers a landscape unlike anything you’ll see elsewhere. The park hosts ...

Animals can adapt to any environment – even a sandy, arid landscape like the Sahara Desert. The vast stretches of sand dunes, ...

As animals move across the desert, they leave tracks, diggings and droppings. For skilled trackers, reading these signs is like watching a movie. A story of who was there and what they were doing ...

Scientists found an eight-eyed animal hunting and sitting near its eggs in the desert of Rajasthan and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Rishikesh Tripathi In a desert of northwestern ...

As the trail wound its way into Arizona's Sky Islands, the region's biodiversity was on full display, as were the threats from rising temperatures.

Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. Dressed in matching blue Hawaiian shirts, Janelle Coleman, her husband and their 7 and 9-year-old sons were observing the sights and sounds of the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State ...

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The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert has announced the loss of one of its oldest leopards. Zoya was a 21-year-old Amur leopard who died on Wednesday due to old age, officials said on ...