URUMQI -- Chinese researchers have identified the molecular mechanisms behind the cold tolerance of Syntrichia caninervis, a ...

From hiking trails to giraffe feeding, watching wallabies or learning about wildlife, Southern California's Living Desert Zoo And Gardens has an adventure for everyone.

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Nevada adopted an official state tartan to honor Scottish heritage, and each color has significance for the state.

A once-celebrated solar power plant in the Mojave Desert is now facing closure, just 11 years after its grand opening ...

Desert animals adapt by eating water-storing plants or opportunistically feeding on moisture-rich insects and small animals ...

What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under ...

The biggest danger for wildlife is the aftermath. But many species have evolved to rely on the opportunities created by ...

Mateusz Waligora of Poland is returning to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia next month to fat bike 1,400km from Altai to the ...

As solar energy farms continue to pop up across the Mojave Desert, some residents are being squeezed out of their homes: the ...

The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Center faced a new and unexpected ordeal ...

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the ...