And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding. These arid lands support a rich variety of birds, including some birds that ...

The Cactus to Clouds ascent just outside Palm Springs, Calif., is grueling, but natural treasures, and a speedy trip down, ...

While I am admittedly not always a fan of the piping hot summers we have here in Arizona, I do enjoy watching springtime ...

Damages of €20,000 were paid to ABC for its legal costs and to further its conservation work in very desert the plants came ...

But reaching out of nooks in the cracked crust along the desert's coast, there lie thousands of Copiapoa cacti. A cactus group made up of more than 30 species, Copiapoa are found only in Chile.

Authorities in northern Mexico on Wednesday found about 70 pounds of fentanyl hidden inside boxes of sliced cactus, a quintessential Mexican food staple known as nopales. Mexican law enforcement ...

The Caminantes organise yearly cactus watering tours, but it's little in the face of the desert's extended droughts. "Yeah this one is dying," says Castillo, nudging a dark, deflated sack of spines.

Some of the biggest EDM, trance and house artists in the world are heading to the California desert next month for the 2025 ZENYARA Desert Nights Festival. Taking place over the same period as ...