Consider me. I wear a fur coat in the heat! I must admit, however, that as a benefit of living, working and supervising here at the Desert Museum I have some very enjoyable human accommodations. Above ...

THE LIVING DESERT, an animal park known for championing regional wildlife, popular seasonal events (like the whimsical ...

Tropical blue hues tend to pop against autumn’s subdued browns, beiges and golds in North America’s driest desert. So, the turquoise pools and glittery electric-blue pupfish stand out at Ash Meadows ...

How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to build solar arrays has consequences for the plants and animals it displaces.

As he walks briskly between lofted enclosures, the zookeeper looks for signs of heat stress in his winged charges: open-mouth breathing, tucking down into the shade too early or acting in ways ...

Desert crops could offer a way to grow food supplies as a warmer climate stresses plants.

Researchers have developed a new crystalline material that can harvest water from fog without any energy input. The design of the novel type of smart crystals, which the researchers named Janus ...

Desert plants can thrive when sharing land with large solar arrays, according to a study from Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. The study looked at plants present on land shared with some of the ...

As climate change inexorably makes South Texas' summers hotter and drier — and winters more likely to bring deep, extended freezes — homeowners may want to reconsider the types of plants they put in ...