So, there has been some progress. In a letter to the editor (Jan. 7), Thomas Straka notes that much public land is “scrub desert” that would be difficult to sell. I pointed out in a 1998 book ...

It's the hottest, driest and lowest place in America, a two-hour drive west from Las Vegas through a searing hot desert. In the summer, temperatures on the valley floor can reach 120 degrees and a ...

NASA scientists are stunned as the Baja California desert undergoes an incredible transformation, turning green in ways that challenge previous understanding of desert ecosystems. This astonishing ...

These emirates always have been an enigma and a source of stories straight out of the Arabian nights-seven little desert sheikdoms ... invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, the 900,000 natives of the seven ...

To most Americans, the desert that links Kuwait and Saudi Arabia seems a dreadful place indeed. Television shows us a desolate landscape, seemingly bereft of vegetation. The region appears to be ...

Brittlebush (Encelia farinose) is a common plant of the Mohave Desert and Sonoran Desert of ... The one-inch-long (2.5 centimeters) petals radiate from the head’s central disk, giving the ...

The saguaro flower has a strong, sweet, melonlike scent, according to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The blossom's smell attracts nocturnal pollinators, including bats and moths. During the ...

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth, but swaths of its usually barren sand are currently carpeted with a colorful bloom of white and purple flowers.