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

Arizona's iconic Saguaro cactus is dying off at an intense rate with the Desert Botanical Garden saying nearly 20% of their ...

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 ...

A solar farm in the Mojave Desert is destroying thousands of iconic Joshua trees. It could be the tip of the iceberg as the ...

In the harsh, sun-scorched landscapes of the desert, survival is a challenge few plants can meet - but this tree has not only adapted, it thrives. In this episode, we explore the incredible strategies ...

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...

something that we can only exhibit in this space that is specially designed to care for plants,” said Laura Spalding Best, senior director of exhibits at the Desert Botanical Garden. Here's an ...

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 ...

These sandstorms may be short-lived, but lethal, even to desert-adapted plants that have evolved many ways to survive sandblasting. Too much exposure to the razor-edged particles carried in the ...

Desert sand is desert sand ... Compared to a control environment, “the plants are bushier, bigger,” said bin Redha, adding that the plants flowered and fruited at higher temperatures than ...

The desert, of course. Here’s how to plan your ... sticking to the trails, avoiding damage to plants, and packing out anything you bring in, including human waste. Make Sure You Bring: An ...