Behind the scenes, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens’ conservationists work locally and abroad to safeguard animal species, ...

Set amid 40 acres of woodlands, the Roger Williams Park Zoo is the third oldest zoo in the U.S. Visitors can see more than 100 animal species including a Komodo dragon, red pandas, snow leopards, ...

Did you know there are communities of people living in the Sahara Desert? In fact, 2.5 million nomads, shepherds, and desert ...

There have been 112 days where Tucson hit 100 degrees or hotter this year, the most since the National Weather Service ...

Tucson and other desert cities benefit more from the cooling effects of trees than other urban areas do, according to new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.

For the first time under President Joe Biden, a federal permit for a new lithium mine has been approved for a Nevada project essential to his clean energy agenda, despite conservationists’ vows to sue ...

In addition to providing visitors with a tranquil, 140-acre space to view and learn about desert plants, the Desert Botanical Garden works to conserve and restore these plants and their habitats.

Tucson is Arizona’s cultural hub with top museums, gardens and more. From a National Park to a Zoo and an Aviation museum, ...

110 million years ago, the bizarre Nigersaurus walked the lush environment in what is now Niger’s Sahara Desert. It was a 30-foot-long plant-eating dinosaur, with a delicate skull and an ...

Because of the immediate threats and its high species richness, we chose the Sonoran Desert as a target system to create a downloadable threat map to assist in evaluating spatially explicit threats to ...

Being a frontman isn’t every musician’s calling, but Robert Plant made it look easy. This is the song he wants to bring to a desert island.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — On Saturday, community members and non-profit leaders with the Living Wright Foundation woke up early to plant and seed ... grocery deserts," said Vivian Clark-James, vice ...