Solar park turns Mexican desert green. China Daily | Updated: 2018-07-14 07:08. VIESCA, Mexico - Driving through the endless dunes and cactuses of the Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico, ...

The Chihuahuan is home to about 345 of the world's 1,500 cactus species. The cacti and other plants are a crucial part of the desert ecosystem, providing shelter and food for birds, bats and other ...

Mexico Scientists decry threats to Mexican wetland, an oasis in Chihuahuan Desert Scientists say studying Cuatro Cienegas can help them understand the origin of Earth, climate change and the ...

On a warm day in March, ecologist Valeria Souza went into a temazcal, or sweat lodge, in Texcoco, Mexico, to pray for the wetlands that she had been studying in the Chihuahuan Desert for the past ...

Las Cruces, in southwestern New Mexico, blends mountain and desert scenery with Mexican, Native American and Western culture.

The Chihuahuan Desert, a spot rarely recognized for its diversity and abundance of wildlife, is just now beginning to garner the attention of the local population, and conservationists. Stretching ...

Nature - Future projections for Mexican faunas under global climate change scenarios. Skip to main content. ... open Chihuahuan desert and northwestern coastal plain.

Deep within Northern Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert lies the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, a butterfly-shape valley where small turquoise lagoons dot the landscape. These hidden oases possess conditions ...

But the dire condition of the bones, discovered in 2000 in the Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico, concealed a secret: They belonged to a close relative of Tyrannosaurs rex.

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12 -- When German smugglers landed in Amsterdam hauling suitcases of contraband destined for their underworld contacts, Dutch customs officials were one step ahead of them. The ...

Many of those spots I plan to visit and write about over the course of my recently launched Desert Dining venture, and this week we start with one I’m sure many long-timers here know well.