Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in ...

An old film from the last century captures the life of what would be the last of a very common Australian animal species.

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

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

Beginning just after sunset, you’ll follow a one-mile loop through the towering saguaros and desert landscape, while learning ...

The Fourth of July is just days away, and several cities around the Coachella Valley, the Hi-Desert, and the mountain areas ...

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

What if the most beautiful creatures on Earth were also the most mysterious—and nearly invisible? Rare big cats live in the ...

A rare cell in the lining of lungs is fundamental to the organ-wide response necessary to repair damage from toxins like ...

Namibia is a southwestern African nation roughly twice the size of California, known for having the world’s oldest desert. The Namib Desert is the scene for many of Namibia’s must-do adventures, from ...

UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most ...