Once thought resistant to invasion, California's deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan mustard. New research shows its spread is disrupting biodiversity and ...

Arizona’s deserts are home to some of the most shocking and elusive creatures on the planet. From bizarre nocturnal hunters ...

In the rocky terrain of the Arabian peninsula, researchers have discovered the black desert cobra, Walterinnesia aegyptia, in ...

A decade ago, a fence reaching up to 12 feet high — and buried 2 feet below the surface — was put in along the 241 Toll Road.

The semi-arid Kalahari Desert stretches over parts of Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana. It’s an ecological wonderland that ...

Sabino Canyon in Tucson is often considered a must-see tourist destination. The region is known for Sabino Creek, which often ...

Between 1990 and 2020, there was a 51% increase in the area around Phoenix where homes and wildlands meet, raising wildfire ...

Grass fires burn far more American homes each year than forest fires. In southern Arizona, communities fight fires that never ...

Invasive crayfish introduced by the National Park Service 100 years ago are decimating a newt subspecies in the isolated ...

In what has been deemed one of the state’s “largest recent wildlife cases,” game wardens made a poaching bust on Mount Desert Island, according to an ...

Voters will have final approval of the proposed LD 1438 — An Act to Require the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife ...

Rattlesnakes are the only native venomous snakes in California. Here's where they live and what to do if you are bitten.