Researchers from NTNU and Tokyo show how desert sand can be turned into usable concrete using plant-based materials.

Looking to bring the warmth of the desert into your home when it's too cold to garden outside? Go big and bold with indoor ...

Experimental cultivation of Chinese medicinal plant pays off as crops thrive in unfamiliar location, boosting national rubber supply.

Set in Southern California, my HO scale layout includes a Southern Pacific train order office surrounded by a desert scene. Although this arid landscape has sparse vegetation, my scene needed two ...

Joshua Tree Trail begins at an opening in the fence behind the parking lot’s large sign for Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness.

Since the fig forms its fruit on shoots that start to grow in the spring, it can be radically pruned in the winter without affecting the following year’s two crops. The first crop starts to grow in ...

This destination puts you near 15 Major League Baseball teams for Cactus League play, plus Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West, the Western Spirit museum, and the world’s largest cardon cacti at Desert ...

A rare desert plant is flourishing at a solar farm near Las Vegas, a new study finds.

In India’s harsh deserts, spiny-tailed lizards subtly change diets with seasons, storing energy for winter and shifting food ...