Its towering sandstone buttes rise majestically from the desert floor, creating a striking contrast against the clear azure ...

Even desert plants have their limits. As dryland ecosystems experience stronger heat waves and droughts, scientists have wondered how climate change might affect the hardy plants that thrive in ...

With a rich variety of natives to chose from, desert trees and shrubs can be focal points of your backyard garden under the right growing conditions.

What selects the plants in an extreme environment? Is it a sort of war? The study of plants in the desert and in the laboratory indicates otherwise, which points a moral for the human species ...

Gardening in desert conditions can be challenging, but it's also incredibly rewarding! The key to success lies in selecting plants that are well-adapted to hot, arid climates and low water ...

Why is the smell of Arizona's monsoon so distinctive? It releases the aromas of the desert, one ecologist says.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

The desert plants gathered by the Hohokam - and later the Tohono O'odham - for food, medicine, tools and other things are still around.

“California Desert Plants” is a celebration of the compelling flora and the patterns they form in California’s deserts. It is available at backcountrypress.com and from independent book… ...

And by moving into open territory before native plants have a chance to set seed, Cheatgrass ensures its dominance over the desert ecosystems it inhabits.

When early American explorers first traveled through the Southwest, they encountered a plant whose leaf margins formed a series of sharp points. They also noticed some of the plants produced what ...