Hot and Dry deserts contain rocky lands and rolling sand dunes. Camels are the most famous Hot and Dry desert animals. Learn how to tell camels apart and what lies in those humps. Major Funding by the ...

Deserts are not easy places to call home. Broiling in the day, frigid at night, and lacking ample water, these landscapes test their inhabitants. The creatures that call deserts home have adaptations ...

You might think of Australia's arid center as a dry desert landscape devoid of aquatic life. But it's actually dotted with thousands of rock holes—natural rainwater reservoirs that act as little oases ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Drought is a slow-moving catastrophe for most animals. Yet ...

How do camels survive in deserts? Camels are well suited to their desert habitats, with numerous clever adaptations that help ...

How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...