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 ...

Promoting mutually beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes that enhance nutrient acquisition by plants could improve crop production without increasing inorganic-fertilizer use.

Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied those passionate about preserving desert plant life with a giant sign outside his Scottsdale ranch. “Save the Desert,” it said. The Starck Ranch was located on a ...

The idea for a desert garden came from a small group of Valley-based advocates in the 1930s. Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied those passionate about preserving desert plant life with a giant sign ...