Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

Food – The things an animal or plant eats and takes nutrition from. Desert habitat – Where an animal or plant lives in the hot and sandy desert landscape.

Grazing animals can destroy many desert plants and ... Off-road vehicles, when used irresponsibly, can cause irreparable damage to desert habitats. Oil and gas production may disrupt sensitive ...

is an ambitious undertaking that is envisioned to both protect irreplaceable desert habitats, plants, animals and ecological processes and allow for the development of a significant amount of ...

Protective netting has taken place over the last few months at several Living Desert Zoo and Gardens bird habitats. Officials said some animals have stayed in their habitats with netting while others ...

The project will permanently protect western Joshua tree and desert tortoise habitat near the newly designated ... are home to myriad wild plants and animals. “Important transportation ...

Despite their dainty appearance, desert kit foxes are hardy animals, well adapted for living in the hot, harsh desert habitat from which they never stray. This cat-sized kit fox subspecies has long, ...