It’s hard to imagine Saudi Arabia’s endless dunes and scorching heat as anything but dry and desolate. But thousands of […] ...

New research from Simon Brandl at The University of Texas at Austin challenges a long-held belief about coral reefs.

Desert locust mothers provide hatchlings with yolk reserves as survival "lunchboxes" during drought conditions.

Nutrient resorption is a vital nutrient utilization strategy in desert plants and is essential for understanding desert ecosystems and addressing climate change.Although the resorption characteristics ...

Contributed by Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe; received October 2, 2021; accepted November 9, 2021; reviewed by Dennis Baldocchi and Gabriel Katul ...

From these various anthropological approaches, a basic dichotomy has emerged between two types of societies from very different ecosystems: societies born in rain forests and those that thrive in ...

The Oregon Outback, as locals call it, represents a remarkable environmental paradox where two seemingly incompatible ecosystems exist in perfect harmony. This hidden desert beneath a forest canopy ...

The electric pangolin appears to have established a niche in the Mojave Desert ecosystem, inhabiting abandoned rodent burrows which it modifies with its powerful front claws. Researchers have ...

Its creeping vines cover the soil, preventing erosion and maintaining soil health, which is crucial in fragile desert ecosystems. Farmers often intercrop kachri with other crops or use marginal lands ...