The desert may seem like the last place you'd expect to find flora. Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world.

Alex Beckett, the chair of the committee, agreed areas of the A14 "still looks like a desert out there" when the trees "should be thriving". He said it was "incredibly frustrating" National Highways ...

How to save a desert oasis—before it vanishes completely. For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing.

Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years, scientists say, and Las Vegas continues to break temperature records. The ...

Unlike California’s forested landscapes, desert plants like Joshua trees aren’t adapted to fire, meaning it’s more difficult for them to recover and resprout post-fire — if they’re able ...

Huludao (Gourd Island) scenic spot in Yuli County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu) URUMQI, June 23 (Xinhua) -- In the vast wilderness of Xinjiang's Taklimakan ...