For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, the centuries-old sacred harvest of saguaro fruit from the desert around Tucson is ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens. For the ...

Meerkats live in large groups called "mobs" or "gangs," which can consist of up to 50 of them. They eat, sleep, raise their ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

Thousands of birds flying south for the winter stop off in Nigeria’s Hadejia Wetlands National Park. Researchers mapped the ...

The Kalahari Meerkat Project is the longest running project operating under the Kalahari Research Centre. The research team ...

In some of the toughest environments on Earth– think endless deserts and dry, cracked lands– certain animals have figured out how to live without drinking water. Not just for days, but sometimes for ...

In the harsh deserts of northern Kenya, prides don’t make sense. So lions have figured out another way to survive. ByChristine Dell'Amore August 9, 2019 •8 min read ...

The photo of a courageous mother lemur with a baby on her back, taking a harrowing jump in a ravine, won the California ...

Picture this: a silent, golden landscape stretches endlessly beneath a burning sun. You might think nothing could survive ...