As he walks briskly between lofted enclosures, the zookeeper looks for signs of heat stress in his winged charges: open-mouth breathing, tucking down into the shade too early or acting in ways ...

How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up between rocks. With its limited range, this species could be threatened by ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering weather ...

Nurtured by Nature, The Mysterious Crested Saguaro, Restoring the Flora, Desert Willow. This week on a special desert plants episode of Arizona Illustrated…how a “nature nerd” turned his passion into ...

Deserts are very harsh places as they are very hot by day, cold by night, and often with little water or food. However, they have been inhabited by people and they have been travelling across deserts ...

I took a drive to Phoenix, Arizona, just a week into May to see my son and his family. What made it a phenomenal drive was that much of the desert in both California and Arizona was receiving ...

Desert dwellers have long relied on resilient plants for sustenance. These hardy species, including date palms, prickly pear, ...

According to the Arizona Native Plant Society, Arizona is home to 4,000 native plants and approximately 300 of them are poisonous and could harm people and pets. Some of these plants can be toxic by ...

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As climate change inexorably makes South Texas' summers hotter and drier — and winters more likely to bring deep, extended freezes — homeowners may want to reconsider the types of plants they put in ...