Explores how plants and animals survive in one of Earth's harshest environments—deserts, where annual rainfall is less than 10 inches and temperature extremes are common. The film shows how desert ...

There are many unique species of fish living in the Colorado River. Some include the bonytail chub, razorback sucker, and ...

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

From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2019. On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca.

The Petrified Forest National Park is home to a rich array of animal species that thrive in its varied habitats. Here you can ...

IT’S NOT THE HEAT. We know; It’s that darn humidity. Human animals get to deal with it by turning on the AC or cranking up the swamp cooler (minus the pump). But how do plants and animals survive when ...

Biomes are large natural areas that have their own characteristics. Scientists classify them by their climate, animal life, vegetation, and landscape. Learn more about biomes. Science Trek is ...

Many native plants in the U.S. cannot possibly move themselves fast enough to avoid climate-change driven extinction. If these native plants are going to have any chance of surviving into the future, ...

A patchwork of crystal-clear lagoons and vast salt plains in Argentina's Puna de Atacama desert forms an otherworldly ecosystem unlike "anything any scientist has ever seen," researchers say. The ...