The scimitar-horned oryx has been brought back from extinction through captive breeding. Conservationists hope it could help ...

Deserts reward preparation. Across the world, desert animals have developed ingenious and resourceful ways to conserve every ...

The semi-arid Kalahari Desert stretches over parts of Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana. It’s an ecological wonderland that isn’t like your average super dry desert. It gets a lot more rain, which ...

Young jumping spiders dangle by a thread through the night, in a box, in a lab. Every so often, their legs curl and their spinnerets twitch—and the retinas of their eyes, visible through their ...

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 ...

In 1953, Patti Page recorded a song titled "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" And today, in 2024, Coachella Valley-based nonprofit Loving All Animals (LAA) has some wonderful doggies for ...

When animals face danger, they don’t all run or hide. Many have developed unusual and sometimes extreme ways to protect ...

Analyzing nearly 2,000 live specimens, researchers used a novel lab technique to rapidly identify the sand fly, detect ...

As smoke from the nearby Line Fire blanketed the Big Bear Alpine Zoo over the past week, workers at the zoo sprang into action to protect their animals — and looked to their colleagues in the ...

BUCKEYE, AZ — Illegal dumping is causing concern in the desert outside Buckeye, where dead livestock and other large items have been found discarded. ABC15 went to the Rainbow Valley area where people ...

Doggone it, a four-legged wedding? Yes, it was. And it was for a great cause. It was also seriously over-the-top, overstated, crazy, unimaginable — but oh, what a night! I don't know where to begin to ...