The 3,046-kilometer green ecological barrier -- the world's longest of its kind -- encircles China's largest desert like a "green scarf" to control sand diffusion. This project was globally recognized ...

After 25 years of tireless work by Nong and many others, the once barren, shifting dunes of Maowusu have been transformed into a lush, thriving expanse, which acts as a microcosm of China's broader ...

Recent and subfossil pollen spectra from the Alashan Plateau are presented in order to provide information on desert plant representation and on recent changes in vegetation and climate in this remote ...

The road to the Tree of Life in Bahrain feels like a wrong turn, with one long stretch of the Sakhir Desert folding into ...

The steady decline of plants in Southern California’s portion of the Sonoran Desert — which includes Anza-Borrego Desert State Park — is caused by climate change-driven heat increases, according to a ...

California’s biggest wildfire of the year — burning through delicate Joshua tree forests along the California-Nevada border — is an unusual desert blaze being fueled in part by the rapid growth of ...

Jose Etchart spotted them from a helicopter on a mild October morning – a group of 30 or so desert bighorn sheep scaling the ...

Desert Highlands, the luxurious enclave in North Scottsdale, has announced its re-opening of its championship course ...

Scottsdale's private Desert Highlands golf course has reopened after several months of closure for a $10-million renovation ...