Tiny endangered pupfish have returned to Ayer Lake at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum after the lake was drained for dam repairs.

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 ...

Learn about the world’s most endangered animals, including the threats they ... What can save the desert's most tenacious birds? Tiny apartments. What can save the desert's most tenacious ...

In drought-stricken Namibia, where conservation groups are fighting to preserve endangered species, paying tourists can join ...

we protect all the animals and people who also depend on water for survival. The fate of the Tecopa bird’s beak and the fate of desert communities are intertwined.” Today’s announcement kicks off a ...

The endangered desert pupfish will be released into Lake Ayer on Wednesday by Arizona Game and Fish. The species has spent ...

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.

SILVER CITY, NM.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the swale paintbrush as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This 19-inch-tall, yellow-reddish flower is only known to ...

Fresh dung. Tracks in the sand of the Namib desert. The black rhinoceros cannot be far away. Wildlife rangers Stefanus Ganuseb, 42, and Fritz Hoeb, 45, are patrolling on foot, equipped with ...

This project was supported by a grant from the 10 Deserts Project. Rachel is currently employed by the Indigenous Desert Alliance and receives funding from the National Environmental Science ...