Despite the desert environment of the Coachella Valley, most of the landscaping here is predominantly made up of non-native and even tropical plants. Although aesthetically pleasing, these plants, ...

As The Desert Sun’s opinion and community engagement editor, I’m always looking for ways to collaborate with you, the readers — which is why I jumped at the opportunity to work with horticultural ...

Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of one of the world's largest and driest deserts has turned it into a ...

By precise numbers, it has reduced the average carbon content in the desert air from 416 parts per million to 413 ppm.

China is transforming the Taklamakan Desert into a “carbon sink” capable of absorbing CO2 and redefining the arid climate on a large scale.

WE TAKE MEMORIES HOME WITH US... after an educational and uplifting visit to an animal park. We remember the giraffes we admired, and the strange succulents that wowed us, and our time marveling at ...

Life in places like California’s Death Valley pushes everything to its limit. Temperatures rise past 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The light is harsh, the soil is dry, and most plants wilt fast. Yet one low ...

Rosie Crocker grew up in the Phoenix area surrounded by mostly concrete, as she remembers it. It wasn’t until she moved to ...

Grist reports solar farms, like the Gemini project, can enhance biodiversity, supporting rare plants like the threecorner milkvetch through ecovoltaics.

Australian researchers found that native Old Man Saltbush can boost protein and fiber in pasta while reducing added salt.