Deserts are not easy places to call home. Broiling in the day, frigid at night, and lacking ample water, these landscapes test their inhabitants. The creatures that call deserts home have adaptations ...

A tiny desert fish survives in a sun-scorched cavern on the edge of extinction. Here’s how it’s offering scientists a rare ...

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 ...

A team of biologists and volunteers released 51 desert tortoises in the Boulder City Conservation Easement Wednesday. (KTNV) — More than a dozen biologists and volunteers walked through the Boulder ...

"The tip of the iceberg." Desert mammals thought to have been extinct for almost 50 years return to the wild: 'It could've ...

When desert animals face environmental extremes day in and day out, every unique anatomical feature can aid in their survival. Among the most striking of these adaptations is ear size. In arid ...

Beneath the relentless sun of Chile's Atacama Desert, tiny geckos hide a remarkable secret. New genomic research, led by the University of Wollongong's (UOW) Kamryn Carter, has discovered that these ...

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) announced its completion of a roadway rehabilitation project along U.S.

Madena Asbell, director of plant conservation programs at the Mojave Desert Land Trust, collects seeds to preserve desert plants after the winter's historic rains, Wednesday, June 12, 2023, in the ...

Throughout the history of the West, human actions have often rushed the desert — and their actions backfired. In the 1920s, the Colorado River Compact notoriously overallocated water still used today ...