Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that ... actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more than one-fifth of ...

Think rattlesnakes or scorpions. Poisonous animals are harmful when you touch or eat them, such as Sonoran Desert toads or blister beetles. From the excruciating sting of the tarantula hawk wasp to ...

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 ...