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

In southern California’s Coachella Valley, pale sand dunes sprawl under the desert sun, shifting and re-forming in the wind.

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 ...

That's how you get fish in a desert. Out here, one ecosystem is leaking into another, and new lakes like this one are starting to appear in other parts of the desert.

Iraqi troops dug extensive military fortifications in the desert, upsetting the ecosystem. On retreat, they destroyed 700 oil wells in a "scorched earth" policy. Kuwait CNN — ...

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 ...