China’s 600,000 workers are transforming the Taklamakan Desert with a 3,050-km green belt, using solar power and resilient ...

Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding.

The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.

Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...

With just over 1 inch of rain since last April, Borrego Springs and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park are feeling the effects.

With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

Many iguana species, especially those in desert environments ... reptiles may have been able to feed on their floating vegetation mats, McGuire said. Scientists said they hope that by studying ...

But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile (8,000 kilometer) odyssey on a raft ...

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...

Here are some of the most spectacular works at Desert X 2025, the world's foremost open-air showcase for monumental art.