A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up between rocks. With its limited range, this species could be threatened by ...

Tiny soil animals survive harsh desert conditions, revealing hidden life and climate driven survival strategies underground.

Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to ...

Efforts to save a tiny native desert owl hang in the balance under the Trump administration's pending changes to the ...

The Center for Biological Diversity has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to add the Bendire's thrasher to the endangered species list. The thrasher is a rare desert songbird whose habitat is ...

It’s no surprise that a state as unique and fascinating as Nevada chose an equally exceptional animal as its symbol. Nevada, ...

Scientists named 190 new plants and fungi in 2025, many already threatened. New DNA tools are speeding discovery as habitat ...

Animals from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo that were transported to Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert last week to evacuate from the Line fire could be returning back home on Thursday. Conditions ...

With the Northern Corridor Highway approved in Southern Utah, some of Utah's slower and smaller residents could be affected: tortoises.

Arizona’s desert birds are in decline, according to a national conservation report tracking long-term bird populations, prompting one conservation group to ask the federal government to take action on ...