Explores how plants and animals survive in one of Earth's harshest environments—deserts, where annual rainfall is less than ...

High Desert native, professor and high school biology teacher Audrey Longshore is on a mission to connect students with the beauty and importance of native plants of the High Desert. Longshore ...

Such environments are so harsh and otherworldly that scientists have even studied them for clues about life on Mars ... blanketed in wildflowers. Desert plants may have to go without fresh ...

Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world. The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert. In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ...

Unaccustomed to cosmopolitan life, the Coachella Valley milk vetch finds itself ... Wildlife Service to grant Endangered Species Act protection to this imperiled desert plant. But despite unbridled ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — As Earth Day approaches on April 22, one local business owner is committed to environmental stewardship throughout the entire year. Joe Davidson, the owner of Cactus Joe’s ...

In March 2024, the park volunteer, Deb Manley, shared photos of the flowers — which measured 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 centimeters) across and were poking out from between desert rocks — to ...

The world's largest solar power plant ever built in a desert is currently under construction on the outskirts of Dalat. The conditions for the large-scale project are apparently favorable.

Longshore believes that using native plants in landscaping can help conserve water, attract pollinators, and prevent fires. High Desert native, professor and high school biology teacher Audrey ...