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

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 ...

A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...

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 ...

Deb Manley, the volunteer, snapped pictures ... plant," small plants that can be properly seen only while the observer is lying on the ground. As suggested by its location – among desert rocks ...

The small plant, officially named Ovicula biradiata and more affectionately called “wooly devil,” was first spotted in March 2024, sprinkled among desert ... them took photos and consulted ...

Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...

The desert bettong, or ngudlukanta, has been listed as extinct since 1994. Photos taken by Hedley Herbert ... compared the biting ability of different small animal skulls to understand the kinds ...

Several waterfalls on Mount San Jacinto are normally only visible from the road, miles away. But a Desert Sun photographer got a closer look.

But on a warm afternoon in December, 77 of these animals were captured near the town of Alpine and hauled back home to build ...