Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

The new species of African house snake is known from only one specimen, a roughly 10-inch long juvenile snake caught “in high-altitude semiarid” part of Somaliland, the study said. It has a ...

But by the end of last century, this population of the desert tortoise was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Livestock grazing and urban development, along with the ever ...

Researchers documented the first spotted hyena in Egypt for 5,000 years after it was hit with a pickup truck for killing ...

A Harris's antelope squirrel amongst the spines of the cholla cactus, where it painstakingly searches for cactus fruit - one of the only sources of moisture around. Whilst filming the amazing ...

While some species do not face any threats (like the Sahara horned viper), others do. Some populations face threats due to habitat destruction and human activity.