As they say, life finds a way. Microbial life has been discovered existing 13 feet beneath the surface of Earth’s most ...

Desert habitats cover around one third (33%) of the Earth's surface. Deserts are an area of land where it hardly ever rains. Some can be dry and very hot, but some can be very cold. The Sahara ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three ...

The Laykold surface is believed to play a little faster ... Shad Powers is a columnist for The Desert Sun. Reach him at [email protected].

A camel’s long legs help its body to be high from the hot desert surface and a pad of thick tissue called a pedestal raises the body slightly when the camel sits to allow cool air to pass ...

As a plane soars over the high desert of southern Peru, the dull pale sameness of the rocks and sand organize and change form. Distinct white lines gradually evolve from tan and rust-red.

This cat-sized kit fox subspecies has long, delicate ears to radiate heat (and for great hearing); a grayish coat for camouflage; a light, slim body and short legs for quick dashes after prey; and ...