nickkurzenko / Getty Images. The desert willow is a shrub or small tree that can grow 15-30 feet tall and 12-25 feet wide. Hummingbirds and bees enjoy the nectar from its pinkish-to-violet flowers ...

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 ...

"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 bookstores ...

According to the park’s website, the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park have more than 40 species of animals and hundreds of species of plants native to the Chihuahuan Desert. The park ...

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

Little did they know at the time that this innocuous looking herbaceous plant would eventually wreak havoc on ecosystems across the American West, edging out native plants and creating conditions ...

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

The individual indigo flowers of the Desert Smoketree are small and the shape resembles that of the flowers of their close relative — the pea plant. They grow in 1.5-inch-across (3.8 centimeters ...

You don’t have to search to find plants considered desert species in our landscapes. Agaves, Yuccas and cactuses abound, even though we think of Florida’s climate as wet and tropical.

The American robin with its red breast reminded them of their similarly colored warbler back home. ... Desert holly is a widespread plant in the Southwest.

Future desert cities in America will have to become more like cities of the Middle East. ... Future plant life of desert cities will have to mimic the plants that naturally live in the desert.