Every April for the past decade, systems biologist Rodrigo Gutiérrez has driven 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to reach one of the driest places on Earth: Chile’s Atacama Desert, parts of which ...

This article was originally published with the title “The Ecology of Desert Plants” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 192 No. 4 (April 1955), p. 68 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0455-68 ...

There are a new steam plant and expanded manganese mine near Las Vegas, Molybdenum Corp. of America’s new 50-million-ton “rare earth” mine at Mountain Pass, Calif., a $28 million Hughes ...

The university says Nabhan and his co-authors identified 115 volatile organic compounds in 60 species of plants in the Sonoran Desert that are released immediately before, during and after rain.

An American desert icon is dying off in the southwestern United States. Experts say record-setting summers and intense droughts in Arizona are causing a well-known succulent to struggle.

Desert milkweed, Asclepias subulata, is a common plant along the washes and hillsides in both the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts at elevations up to 2,500 feet (762 m).

"California Desert Plants" is a celebration of the compelling flora and the patterns they form in California’s deserts. It is available at backcountrypress.com and from independent bookstores ...

Q: Define “desert gardening.” Nash: Desert gardening is a loose term. It means something different to everyone. I think of desert gardening as the use of local native plants — they belong here.

Desert uplands include tarbush, creosote, lechuguilla, New Mexico agave, yucca, cholla, ocotillo, prickly pear, and one seed juniper Wednesday, July 7, at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park ...