As the summer temperatures continue to climb, you may find yourself spending more and more time indoors enjoying the comforts of central air conditioning. But without the benefit of modern technology, ...

Water drives the rhythms of desert life, but animals aren’t always helpless against the whims of weather. In the American Southwest, wild donkeys and horses often dig into the dusty sediment to reach ...

The desert is one of nature’s toughest environments. The heat during the day can be extreme, nights can turn sharply cold, and water is often very scarce. Yet, in spite of these difficult conditions, ...

Across an arid plateau in southern Peru, ancient people etched enormous figures of animals, plants, and geometric shapes into ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Drought is a slow-moving catastrophe for most animals. Yet ...

Sahara is a desert commonly perceived to be a massive expanse of sand and devoid of life, but research reveals that this desert is a habitat for a great diversity of life forms. According to the study ...

Learn how animals survive in the Mojave Desert and what defines a robot. Explore how animals have adapted to the harsh Mojave Desert climate with help from the Springs Preserve. Then Dr. Louis Rubbo ...

The largest hot desert in the world is vast and desolate, yet the Sahara is also home to a diverse array of plant, animal, and human life. It is the biggest desert of its kind in the world — almost as ...

BRIGHTER, LIGHTER NIGHTS, and Daylight Saving Time — that starts March 9 — can put a person in an illuminated state of mind. As the sunlight stretches into the mid-evening and we begin spending more ...

A caboodle of canines is quite a sweet sight, no matter how big or fluffy or tail-waggy the pooches might be. But when there are 11 pups, and they're all pretty wee, as in just a month old, and ...

The desert biome is characterized by low precipitation, a high rate of evaporation (seven to fifty times as much as precipitation), and a wide daily range in temperature. The dramatic temperature ...