Nevada's desert landscape is filled with life that is hidden to human eyes. But when conditions are just right, typically ...

Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches ...

A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...

There’s good reason these plants grow in the tiny spaces—the surrounding ... to caper berry plants that would thrive in a high desert, your crevice garden has to be suited to the local weather.

With over two million cacti dotting the landscape in southeastern Arizona, Saguaro National Park is a must-visit location any time of the year. But in the springtime, the saguaros and a variety of ...

But while existing quiver tree forests are growing more abundantly ... These sandstorms may be short-lived, but lethal, even to desert-adapted plants that have evolved many ways to survive ...

One of the most potent symbols of colonialism, outrageous from both an ecological and environmental standpoint: lawns.

Researchers say odd-looking plants discovered by a volunteer and supervisory interpretive park ranger at a U.S. National Park are a new species.The unique plant was found growing on desert rocks ...

The tiny, fuzzy-looking plants with yellow flowers growing among desert rocks in a remote area on the northern end of the park were not anything like they had seen before. After searching plant ...