This could be used to introduce students to the ecosystem of the desert and how people, plants and animals adapt to the conditions. Students could be given a list of plants or animals and asked to ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that ... actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more than one-fifth of ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is widely recognised as the driest nonpolar desert in the world ...

Hot deserts are found near the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in Africa which spans the whole width of the continent.

A new song and video from the New Mexico Outside Fat Tire Society hopes to educate riders about cryptobiotic soil and the ...

1979) of the seeds by seed-eating insects and animals (Figure ... function and ecosystem dynamics: Contribution to ecological restoration in the southern Namib Desert. AMBIO 30, 29-36 (2001).

"All three reintroduced mammal species are doing exceptionally well since release, with the populations increasing and lots of pouch young and new animals ... restore the desert ecosystem appeared ...