As official research positions are lost to budget cuts, the work of citizen scientists to preserve federal forests is ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, on the territory of the uninhabited Sahara Desert, gardens flourished, rivers flowed, ancient ...

A joint research team has discovered a fossil belonging to a previously unknown genus and species of mammal in the Late ...

Researchers are concerned the declines will lessen the scale of and in some cases possibly eliminate the large saguaro forests in Arizona.

The Painted Desert in northern Arizona is a mesmerizing landscape of vibrant badlands stretching across the Colorado Plateau.

Weed warriors have unleashed a new weapon in the battle against buffelgrass on “A” Mountain: a herd of hungry sheep. Under a ...

The study, titled “Greening of the Thar Desert”, analyzed satellite images taken between 2001 and 2023, which shows clear growth of vegetation on Thar dessert.

A new study finds that the Sonoran Desert’s iconic cactuses are suffering, not only from prolonged drought but also from ...

Across Oman and much of the Gulf, the previously unimaginable has become routine because of the world’s most ambitious ...

Two Indigenous food educators led a tour showcasing edible and useful Sonoran Desert plants. Participants learned about palo verde flowers for tea, edamame-tasting pods and hunting woodrats.

Between 1990 and 2020, there was a 51% increase in the area around Phoenix where homes and wildlands meet, raising wildfire risks.