A common aromatic shrub that has served as traditional medicine for centuries could point the way toward innovative ...

The view from the patio is shifting as Las Vegas residents embracing xeriscaping after the summer of 2024 left behind ...

Watching the wildfires devastate a major U.S. city has many of us wondering: Could it happen here? Research shows our ...

In winter, even desert plants might hold sufficient dampness to permit a camel to live without water ... They are tunneling creatures, so in areas of permafrost or weighty grasses where free soil ...

From afar (or even from just 10 feet away), the patch of land just south of Highway 62 and east of the town of Joshua Tree looks like any other undeveloped parcel of Mojave Desert landscape, dotted ...

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran ...

In the Sonoran Desert, surrounded by five mountain ranges and 350 days of sunshine, lies Tucson where native edible plants ...

Thanks to its hardy nature, buckthorn can rapidly invade environments, but researchers think that Minnesota's native plants ...

Basically, anything related to the desert was fair game, whether it be the names of the deserts themselves, desert towns, language translations, plants and animals found in the desert—even feelings ...

It's one of the largest collections of desert plant life in the world, and it's easily accessible to anyone in metro Phoenix.

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To limit damage to pavers or the pool shell, steer clear of plants with aggressive root systems like Monstera deliciosa, ...