In landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use under a microscope, a new inland desert fish farm is ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust said the Ranch Fire near Apple Valley has impacted a quarter of a 592-acre protected nature ...

These hiking trails—for all levels—offer unique ways to spot wildlife and experience California’s iconic Mojave park on foot.

As drought conditions sear Arizona, the state provides millions of gallons of water to wildlife in places where there is none.

Female Eastern Collared Lizard with eggs in Sand Springs, OK. The orange spots indicate she is carrying ... a rare trait among reptiles that allows them to sprint quickly through their desert habitats ...

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 ...

More than 50 rare species of plants and animals reside in the region, including the desert bighorn sheep, Agassiz’s desert tortoise and the iconic Chuckwalla lizard, from which ... allowed on this ...

Palm Desert, a city of more than 50,000 near Palm Springs, passed a resolution in ... April 28, 2024 Besides its namesake, the Chuckwalla lizard, the area is home to bighorn sheep, desert ...

A new species of lizard has been discovered in mountains and ranges in the Central Australian desert. The Liopholis aputja is deeply genetically divergent from its most closely related lizard ...

The proposed national monument’s namesake lizard, the rock-dwelling chuckwalla ... the runoff is sufficient to support a host of arid-land tree species around springs, including desert willow, ...