A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up ...

In a remote corner of the Chihuahuan Desert, an unexpected botanical discovery has captured the attention of scientists. A plant with bright red, horn-like flowers has been identified as a new species ...

Extending from the southeastern US states of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas deep into central Mexico, the Chihuahuan Desert offers a kaleidoscope of textures and colours that shape its unique ...

Sotol is often spoken of alongside the agave-based spirits tequila and mezcal, but it’s made from a different plant. The source of the earthy liquor is the desert spoon, or common sotol, a ...

High Desert native, professor and high school biology teacher Audrey Longshore is on a mission to connect students with the beauty and importance of native plants of the High Desert. Longshore ...

The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in northern Mexico is a rare oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert that includes over 200 crystalline natural pools with bright blue tones. These pools are home to living ...

Everything is bigger in Texas, and on one of the state's largest ranches, a hunter discovered the biggest game yet: the tusk of a mammoth, according to a news release from Sul Ross University on ...