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 ...

Desert plants — famous for tolerance of torrid landscapes — are dying at an alarming rate due to the twin threats of even hotter temperatures and less rain, according to new research published this ...

As the second-largest shifting sand desert worldwide, the Taklimakan Desert (TD) represents the typical aeolian landforms in arid regions as an important source of global dust aerosols. It directly ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades. The ...

For 500 miles, I’d driven south, air conditioner blasting, radio on. When I arrived at the desert field station and stepped out onto the gravel, I was hit all at once by the heat, the quiet, and a ...

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SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. — The remote mountain from which Mojave Desert tribes believe the universe unfolds rises above a corner of southwestern Nevada defined by Joshua trees, outcroppings, and ...

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Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is so green right now it’s hard to believe it’s in the middle of the desert. I recently spent a few hours hiking through the oasis, just off Highway 62 and not far from the ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Joshua trees and creosote brush poke up through the rocky earth of the Mojave Desert on an early spring afternoon. Mount Baldy towers in the distance, its snowcapped ...

The Healthy Desert, Healthy You Environmental Health Summit is a free, two-day event that will take place on September 20-21, 2024 at the Westin Rancho Mirage. The summit is presented by the Desert ...

Large rock-face murals scattered across the desert in northern Saudi Arabia represent one of the most ambitious – and perilous – creative feats of ancient humans, with researchers arguing that the ...