Gigawatt-scale solar farms spreading across China’s northern deserts are doing more than generating electricity. Field ...

Desert ecosystems are some of the most richly diverse in the world and yet they are one of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet. Deserts, which account for one-third of the earth’s land mass, ...

A University of Cologne-led team published its findings on nematodes from the Atacama Desert, the world's driest non-polar ...

Scientists uncover hidden life thriving beneath the surface of the driest desert, revealing how soil ecosystems survive ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has ...

Deserts are one of the top three richest biomes for terrestrial vertebrates, with a quarter of species, totaling almost 7,000, found there. Three percent of these species are only found in desert ...

A wildfire burning near the California-Nevada border has ravaged parts of the Mojave National Preserve’s famed Joshua tree forests, and experts worry that the massive blaze will forever change the ...

A new global study shows that increasing soil salinity is systematically reshaping the storage and distribution of soil inorganic carbon (SIC), a key but often-overlooked part of terrestrial ...

LAS VEGAS — On a sun-parched stretch of West Charleston Boulevard, Norm Schilling pulled his truck over to the side of the road just to visit his favorite tree. Schilling, a local horticulturalist who ...

A federal judge says Mojave Desert tortoises deserve protecting from roaring trucks ...