From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...

Desert Living Dinosaurs Were as Good as Owls, Had Great Night Vision and Hearing Ability A study led by University of Oxford ...

“The Framing of the Shrew” began the headline of a recent article in The Guardian by Katharine Gammon. It told of the first-ever filming and photographing by a group of young student scientists of an ...

Desert animals adapt by eating water-storing plants or opportunistically feeding on moisture-rich insects and small animals ...

Namibia is a top safari destination partly due to its dramatic landscapes. With a new safari, travelers can explore three of those and also work to help giraffes.

There's plenty of air in the tiny spaces between grains of sand; the problem for sand-burrowing animals is how to get that air into their lungs while keeping the sand out ...

Researchers in Palm Desert and Mongolia are sharing conservation strategies to protect landscapes and the communities that ...