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

It's tricky to grow a thriving garden in the High Desert, much harder once the daylight hours are sliced come winter. Non-mulched trees wither in the freezing temperatures and herbs trying to ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

“Take out the plants that are still alive and repot ... “People don’t realize even though Vegas is a desert, things do grow here.” Contact Sabrina Schnur at [email protected] ...

Kotutwa Johnson might build some protection for his crops with desert brush or cans to ... adjust to their surroundings. His crops grow deep roots that stretch much farther down into the ground than ...

Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting ...

Higher temperatures may produce an increasing number of wildfires that alter desert landscapes by eliminating slow-growing trees and shrubs and replacing them with fast-growing grasses.