To a desert dweller, the Boundary Waters are dizzying and blinding with a brilliance of light that I have not encountered ...

IN the sun-scorched high desert of Northern Nevada lies a tiny self-declared country with its very own dictator and armed ...

Sometimes concrete is required in the garden, but if you have some flexibility, Sedlacek recommends looking to less ...

For five days I’ve been travelling along the straight line of the 1325km-long Anne Beadell Highway. This somewhat grandly named – but deteriorating – bush track stretches from the opal town of Coober ...

The animal hospital in Desert Hot Springs closed in 2018, and the city has been without veterinary services since then. The ...

Arthur Sze, one of the most acclaimed poets of our time, is celebrated for exploring the natural world, the human condition ...

Archaeologists uncover ancient walls in the Arabian desert, revealing Bronze Age settlements that reshaped early oasis life.

Economic realities—stagnant wages, yawning inequality, housing crises, evaporating mobility—have fostered entrapment and ...

Lee’s Family Forum will once again host the Las Vegas Desert Dogs’ Camp 99 during the last two weeks of July 2025. The ...

Sand scorpions, nocturnal hunters who spend their days in burrows, also leave distinct tracks.

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...