Native edible trees and plants have a bounty of benefits to the desert and the people living in it. The trees and plants ...

What was once the largest solar power plant of its type in the world appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening.

As an integral part of the desert ecosystem, the plant hosts large numbers of insects ... There is one other place where the Munz’s cholla is found, but it’s within the Chocolate Mountain ...

Many desert plants can live for hundreds of years. But in California, the iconic Joshua tree—the oldest found was 1,000 years old—may not survive a hotter climate, scientists warn. If they don ...

Sonoran Desert. Photographer: Paul Williams we found someone's pet cat had been caught in a cholla One evening we heard the most painful howls from a cholla plant not far away. Upon investigating ...

But have you ever wondered what plants and animals live in a desert and how they survive there? This is the Sahara. The largest desert on Earth! Wow! It looks like it hardly ever rains here.

If there’s any plant that symbolizes the Mojave Desert, it is probably the Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). This unmistakable ...

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert. In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ...

The world's largest solar power plant ever built in a desert is currently under construction on the outskirts of Dalat. The conditions for the large-scale project are apparently favorable.