Such environments are so harsh and otherworldly that scientists have even studied them for clues about life on Mars ... blanketed in wildflowers. Desert plants may have to go without fresh ...

Read about a new Mojave Plant Seed & Seedling Guide created by DRI's Tiffany Pereira, a scientist and illustrator. Pereira ...

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert. In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ...

For a plant, life in Argentina’s Monte Desert is hard enough. Daily temperatures can fluctuate dramatically; it rarely rains, and there are few nutrients in the parched soil for a hungry plant. To add ...

The plant, found on desert rocks, belongs to the same family ... This spring, scientists plan to study the plant's life cycle and identify its pollinators. The discovery has been documented ...