Discusses desert biomes, highlighting their unique characteristics, such as extreme temperatures, lack of water, and diverse adaptations of plants and animals. It explains how deserts are formed by ...

Once thought resistant to invasion, California's deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan mustard. New research shows its spread is disrupting biodiversity and ...

Lorayne Meltzer has lived along the Gulf of California for 30 years. As an ecologist and director of a binational field ...