Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

Higher temperatures may produce an increasing number of wildfires that alter desert landscapes by eliminating slow-growing trees and shrubs and replacing them with fast-growing grasses.

Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting our saguaros and our homes in danger.

But that’s just one… As the government highlights the growing health risks of childhood obesity, Betty Ann Bowser reports from the Mississippi Delta on how so-called "food deserts" keep some ...

Where have all the neighborhood grocery stores gone? Gone to large retail chains everyone. Where have all the large retail ...

Food deserts are often, but not always ... The median income in Texas is $73,035. Other fast-growing communities face similar concerns. The newly opened Magnolia Ridge community in Magnolia ...

But it also sits in the northernmost reaches of the dry, hot Mojave Desert. The region has essentially ... is one water source that’s expected to grow along with St. George’s population ...