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 ...

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

As monsoon rains bring much needed water to Arizona’s deserts, you may notice some of the state’s beloved shell-backed reptiles on the move. State wildlife officials have a message for those who may ...

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

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) SAN ...

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

A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up between rocks. With its limited range, this species could be threatened by ...

The Center for Biological Diversity has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to add the Bendire's thrasher to the endangered species list. The thrasher is a rare desert songbird whose habitat is ...

Scientists analyzed chemical and isotopic markers in groundwater to reconstruct changes in water table levels over time.

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

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 ...