Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches ...

Nevada's desert landscape is filled with life that is hidden to human eyes. But when conditions are just right, typically ...

Fascinating caves, an opera house and hot springs galore. The historic communities of Shoshone and Tecopa have much more to ...

For a plant, life in Argentina’s Monte Desert is hard enough. Daily temperatures can fluctuate dramatically; it rarely rains, and there are few nutrients in the parched soil for a hungry plant. To add ...

An outpost with fast charging and lots of cacti. A long day covering many miles. Welcome to the electric desert.

New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with unconfirmed sightings suggesting it may still exist. A fascinating native Australian ...

In California’s Coachella Valley, home since 1999 to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the fifth edition of the renowned international site-specific contemporary art exhibition Desert X ...

But reaching out of nooks in the cracked crust along the ... The stolen plants discovered on that day were valued by the police at higher than €1m (£800,000/$1.1m). Pictures of the crime ...