This is the Easter season, during which we celebrate Jesus' resurrection on Easter Sunday. So, I thought we could look at ...

The Chihuahuan Gardens showcase more than 800 different plants that live in the desert. Visitors can walk through the gardens to view the plants in their natural habitat, enjoy a few water ...

The new discovery suggests that researchers are far from documenting all of the plant diversity of the Chihuahuan Desert, which covers parts of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. "While many assume that ...

The garden’s namesake was a passionate advocate for our region’s plants. Manning, who passed away September 8th, managed the ...

where the Chihuahuan Desert stretches seemingly endlessly, Deb Manley was lying on her stomach, peering at the ground. What she saw was no ordinary desert plant. Tiny, fuzzy, and crowned with ...

Little rain falls in the Chihuahuan, but the Rio Grande River - known as the Rio Bravo in Mexico - flows through the desert, providing a lifeline for all these animal and plants species, and the ...

Why do tarantulas cross the road? Nature Notes investigates questions like these about the natural world of the Chihuahuan Desert region and the Llano Estacado. Through interviews with scientists ...

but it’s made from a different plant. The source of the earthy liquor is the desert spoon, or common sotol, a member of the spiny-leafed genus Dasylirion endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert.

In March 2024, the park volunteer, Deb Manley, shared photos of the flowers — which measured 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 centimeters) across and were poking out from between desert rocks — to ...