Do you think you know which species are most vulnerable in an ecosystem? A novel analytical method developed by Italian ...

Some of the Southwest’s most iconic desert trees are running for their lives in what could be a grim harbinger for more temperate ecosystems across the West. A study in Functional Ecology offers ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust is working to scout, catalogue, collect and preserve millions of seeds from 250 species and counting in a race to save an ecosystem.

The desert tortoise had previously been classified as "threatened" by the California Endangered Species Act in 1989, as well as by the federal Endangered Species Act of 1990.

The Mojave Desert Land Trust is working to scout, catalogue, collect and preserve millions of seeds from 250 species and counting in a race to save an ecosystem.

A wildfire burning near the California-Nevada border has ravaged parts of the Mojave National Preserve's famed Joshua tree forests, and experts worry that the massive blaze will forever change the ...

It's a very special place in a lot of ways, being a desert ecosystem. The vegetation assemblages are quite diverse, although in a — sort of a subtle way, not a large array of trees, for example.

Phoenix has many resources for homeowners looking to lower their water bills and give the local ecosystem a boost. The Desert Botanical Garden, a majestic local showcase of desert flora, regularly ...