Course DescriptionThe Desert Sands & Sky Islands course focuses exclusively on the natural history of southern California’s deserts, covering a vast ecoregion that makes up one-third of the state. It ...
Why do desert foxes have huge ears while Arctic foxes don't? Learn how Allen's Rule explains the link between body shape and heat management.
The hottest place on the planet has transformed into a sea of colour, as desert gold and notch-leaf phacelia flowers fill the valley floor.
Arizona is constantly facing significant challenges in managing invasive species, which are often aided by climate change. Invasive plants like buffelgrass, stinknet, and salt cedar outcompete native ...
Starting this April, up to 10 desert tortoises will get GPS transmitters affixed to their shells, so Utah land managers can collect better data on the threatened reptile.
A 656-acre parcel of land tucked into the desert mountains south of Palm Springs and Cathedral City has been returned to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the tribe and local conservation ...
A beloved ocelot at the North Carolina Zoo has died less than a year after losing her partner, the zoo announced Tuesday. Inca was 21, well beyond the typical life ...
In an effort to safeguard the endangered Sonoyta pupfish, the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) recently introduced 123 of these fish into Biosphere 2's Desert ...
Memo, the zoo's lone remaining jaguar, came to The Living Desert 12 years ago from Panama. He'd been rescued after being kept ...
Kurt Leuschner, a professor of natural resources at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, will speak on “Turkey Vultures and Bird Migration” when the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society ...
A federal judge has made 2,200 miles of Western Mojave Desert trails off-limits to off-roading bikers and drivers, in the ...
Nine parties, including a legal team specializing in environmental litigation, have formally joined the opposition to a lawsuit seeking to abolish a national monument in Southern California. Named for ...