Date palms, the hallmark species of the oasis, are drought and heat resistant, and grow readily in the desert wherever ... in the June 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Plant messiah' Carlos Magdalena saves species from extinction 'Plant messiah ... What can save the desert's most tenacious birds? Tiny apartments. What can save the desert's most tenacious ...

Following a rare superbloom event, Desierto Florido National Park was created to safeguard nearly 200 flower species—and many other scientific marvels—in the Atacama Desert. Thousands of ...

A photo uploaded to popular citizen science social network iNaturalist is a snapshot of the first new genus and species ... Big Bend National Park is located within the Chihuahuan Desert.

A new plant species ... National Park Superintendent Anjna O'Connor said in the news release. Big Bend, in southwest Texas, ...

The cardboard pet carrier rested on a patch of desert ... known species may vanish. If they do, we’re all in trouble.) This story appears in the March 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

“That is a reciprocal relationship that really was severed,” says Jason Baldes, tribal buffalo program manager for the National Wildlife ... this animal as a keystone species.” ...