This part of the Chihuahuan Desert has faced recent severe drought conditions, and the problem is expected to worsen due to climate change. That means woolly devils could qualify as vulnerable and ...

Unsurprisingly, El Paso's hot climate is a result of its location in the Chihuahuan Desert, which extends through parts of western Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Mexico. The Centennial ...

A new species of sunflower, Ovicula biradiata, has been identified in Big Bend National Park, Texas. This discovery, made by a park volunteer, marks the first new genus of plant documented in a U.S.

How did water-dependent mammals, including our early ancestors, manage to cross this inhospitable desert in the past? Until now, little was known about the former climate of the Arabian Peninsula, as ...

is the largest hot desert in the world. While deserts are traditionally characterized by a dry climate with low levels of vegetation, the Sahara has been much greener than usual as of late ...

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. Sotol’s terroir gives it the aroma of arid ...

As you can see from the climate graph, plants and animals in the desert have to cope with very little water. The climate is very hot. Summer day time temperatures can exceed 40°C. However ...

In a remote corner of the Chihuahuan Desert, an unexpected botanical discovery has captured ... It grows in an extremely limited area of the park, making it vulnerable to climate change and increasing ...