A desert native, and high school biology teacher is on a mission to connect her high school students with the beauty and ...

A new species of sunflower, Ovicula biradiata, has been identified in Big Bend National Park, Texas. This discovery, made by ...

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 ...

A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

“I’m excited to discover whether there are other populations in the park, details of its life cycle ... to gain from preserving plant diversity in fragile desert ecosystems," Peralta said.