Hopefully this court order will help the desert tortoise population rebuild, to regain the delicate natural balance of the Mojave.

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 ...

Nevada designated the desert bighorn sheep as its state animal in 1973, citing its toughness and ability to survive extreme desert conditions. After dropping to about 2,000 animals in the 1960s, ...

How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Nemotodes can certainly adapt to extreme environments, such as the deep sea, Antarctica and mines that stretch kilometres ...

A federal judge says Mojave Desert tortoises deserve protecting from roaring trucks ...

The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new study conducted by University of Maryland researchers. This represents roughly an area the size of South Dakota being ...

But there's somewhere else on the planet that constitutes a desert and is even bigger: the desert of Antarctica. The continent of Antarctica is on average the driest, coldest and windiest of the ...

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens has earned three nominations in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards: Best Zoo, Best Exhibit for its Australian Adventures habitat, and Best Zoo Membership.