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 ...

Galapagos Tortoises are among the most iconic animals in the world. Extremely rare, they exist naturally only on the Galapagos Islands, a province of Ecuador. Of the original 15 species of giant ...

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

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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 ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for ...