Veteran desert biologist Jim Cornett was astonished to see a bright yellow and black caterpillar munching on a spiny ocotillo plant one late March day. Normally the razor-spiked plants would not be ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. Dressed in matching blue Hawaiian shirts, Janelle Coleman, her husband and their 7 and 9-year-old sons were observing the sights and sounds of the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State ...

Q: I have a garden that I want to let my tortoise roam in. What plants do they like and which ones are bad for them? A: A desert tortoise’s diet should consist of 85 percent grass, weeds and dark, ...

Tropical blue hues tend to pop against autumn’s subdued browns, beiges and golds in North America’s driest desert. So, the turquoise pools and glittery electric-blue pupfish stand out at Ash Meadows ...

While most often its animals that consume plants, the opposite is true in a unique group of plants classified as carnivorous. Reference to the latter often conjures up images from movies of some ...

Q. Most examples of unusual wildlife are animals. Which plants do you think are notable, or at least interesting, in some way? A. I have received this question before, the first time being from Joab ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has released a list of five invasive animals that Americans can hunt, catch and cook. Eating invasive species can help protect native wildlife by reducing the ...

Every mind-bending molecule in nature has an evolutionary origin; a defence against being eaten, a lure for pollinators, or ...