Disturbing a desert tortoise in its native habitat is not only risky for the tortoise, it's illegal, state officials say.

At the Phoenix Zoo and the Desert Botanical Garden, zookeepers and botanists who were already experts on heat are now figuring out responses to new levels of thermal stress to keep the animals and ...

A process cools plants. Researchers have designed a PV-leaf that mimics this very process of plant leaves, which hide an ...

Sight lines don’t matter to an endangered flower. But contrary to claims made by conservationists, Rowe said the Rhyolite Ridge mine won’t drive Tiehm’s buckwheat to extinction. He noted that mining ...

The biggest mistake potted plant shoppers make is choosing a plant because it looks good and not because it’s compatible with your home. “Do your research before you go out plant shopping to figure ...

Image of a thorny devil lizard in the desert. (Credit: Kris Wild) “Cost-of-living is a concept humans are all too aware of, but the same concept applies to ectotherms – or cold-blooded animals – such ...

Would you live in a house made of straw? In the heart of California’s high desert, Mesa Sky Disk challenges everything you ...

These expensive plants are driving India’s luxury botanical market—from ancient bonsai to rare velvet anthuriums.