Buffelgrass is the biggest threat to our ecosystem in southern Arizona and now, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is using sheep ...

They are teeming with intricate ecosystems, sophisticated organisms that adapt to adapt to new environments, and productivity that extends beyond what we see. This book will explore the various ...

Some of the Southwest’s most iconic desert trees are running for their lives in what could be a grim harbinger for more temperate ecosystems across the West. A study in Functional Ecology offers ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust is working to scout, catalogue, collect and preserve millions of seeds from 250 species and counting in a race to save an ecosystem.

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

Gana Wingard, curator of Living Desert's Conservation-Mongolia and founder of the Mongolian Conservation Initiative, describes parallels between two desert ecosystems.

For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing. Can blending ancient knowledge and modern innovation protect these unique ecosystems?

One of the more common variants is the bamboo jungle, ... and they're a golden hue to match the desert around them. This biome also has its own hostile mob, the husk.