The seed bank in Joshua Tree aims to collect seeds representing all of California's approximately 2,400 desert plant species.

As the year draws to a close, the environmental conclusion is both blatant and bleak: 2024 was the hottest year since records ...

Cut off by conflict – and often unreachable by phone or internet – a disaster is unfolding in Darfur beyond the reach of aid ...

Natural selection isn't just something that happens to organisms, their activities also play a role, giving some species – ...

The final 100 trees were planted around the southern edge of the world's most hostile desert, completing an epic 46-year ...

Oct. 11, 2024 — A collection-based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, USA and Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station in Nunavut, Canada was conducted as part ...

Portions of Riverside County mountain areas under red-flag warning with Santa Ana winds creating 'strong and possibly ...

Brutal Soviet-era farming practices severely damaged the Aral Sea's delicate ecosystem. Now ecologists are planting saplings ...

Syrian rebel forces advanced on the central city of Homs and Kurdish fighters seized effective control of the eastern desert, ...

Dec. 10, 2024 — Artificial intelligence provides new evidence that rapid decarbonization will not prevent warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius. The hottest years of this century are likely to ...

Even in the cooler winter months the heat in Riyadh, which is surrounded on all sides by the Arabian desert, is oppressive.

Several Peruvian blueberries require no such "chill hours." This helps blueberries grow in this desert climate and may supply climate resilient blueberries that can grow in regions where ...