Worryingly, there is little information about what drives biodiversity loss in deserts. As appears to be consistent across all biomes, the biggest threat to deserts and the animals within them are ...

A desert biome habitat at the University of Arizona now houses an endangered fish species known as the Sonoyta pupfish. The habitat is located in the university’s Biosphere 2, an earth and ...

Every mind-bending molecule in nature has an evolutionary origin; a defence against being eaten, a lure for pollinators, or ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Sonoran desert is home to many different animals and some of them are only found here in this desert. With temperatures expected to warm for at least another 50 years some ...

Scientists warn that losing Africa’s large animals is draining ecosystem energy and reshaping the continent’s biodiversity.

Long before the Gobi became a wasteland, it was a thriving ecosystem teeming with life. This documentary explores how windborne sands and rapid burial created near-perfect fossil ...

The researchers also looked for signs of other grazing animals like cattle and native ungulates. Their findings raised red ...

Rattlesnakes and rabbits, snakes and lizards, coyotes and bobcats, and ... lions? These were just a few of the desert creatures that third-graders at Las Palmitas Elementary School in Thermal shouted ...

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

From pinyon pines to ocotillos, plants in the Sonoran Desert are shifting where they grow in response to climate change, and many of the plants aren’t thriving in their new ranges, according to a new ...

Late in the evening on Aug. 16, lightning struck a cliff face near the Flat Tops Wilderness, igniting what came to be known as the Derby Fire. Residents from surrounding communities such as Dotsero ...