The Chihuahuan Desert is the most biologically diverse desert in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most diverse in the world. Over 175,000 square miles spanning northern Mexico, southwestern ...

A variety of plants can be found on this hike from smoke trees, chuparosa, and desert lavender in the wash to jojoba and ephedra/Mormon tea at the higher elevations. A variety of cacti and agave ...

According to a new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 82 percent of copiapoa cacti species, native to the Atacama Desert in Chile, are now at risk of extinction — up ...

With their tough skins, pointy armor and legendary stamina, cacti are made to defend themselves from whatever nature throws at them. But large solar energy facilities are one threat that cacti ...

But large solar energy facilities are one threat that cacti weren’t built to withstand, according to a study by the University of California, Davis. The study, published today in the journal Nature ...

George L. Mountainlion Special To The Arizona Daily Star Jun 25, 2007 Jun 25, 2007 1 of 4 courtesy of arizona-sonora desert museum George L. Mountainlion Special To The Arizona Daily Star ...