The desert tortoise was first listed as threatened in 1990.

Just ask the threecorner milkvetch. The rare plant is thriving at a solar farm near Las Vegas, perhaps because the panels ...

Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted ...

In India’s harsh deserts, spiny-tailed lizards subtly change diets with seasons, storing energy for winter and shifting food ...

Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to ...

In response to Center for Biological Diversity petitions, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife this week recommended that the state’s wildlife commission review whether to protect two ...

Rare monsoon rains have briefly turned Rajasthan’s Thar Desert green, awakening dormant seeds and wildlife, offering a ...

Efforts to save a tiny native desert owl hang in the balance under the Trump administration's pending changes to the ...

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert has announced the loss of one of its oldest leopards. Zoya was a 21-year-old Amur leopard who died on Wednesday due to old age, officials said on ...

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 ...