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Desert dwellers have long relied on resilient plants for sustenance. These hardy species, including date palms, prickly pear, and ber trees, have evol ...

For those who appreciate the outdoors, Ridgecrest serves as the perfect gateway to some of California’s most spectacular natural wonders. Death Valley National Park, with its otherworldly salt flats ...

In this region of West Africa, bushfires are deadly. They can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days. The ...

Not many people realise that Christmas cacti can live for years, even decades, and taking a few second to care for them could ...

In China’s high-altitude deserts, utility-scale solar is doing more than making electricity—it’s cooling soils, trapping ...

Life in places like California’s Death Valley pushes everything to its limit. Temperatures rise past 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

A unique program at Desert Botanical Garden is helping to save endangered plant life in Arizona. FOX 10's Brian Webb tours ...

The Desert Botanical Garden is running a seed bank program to save endangered Arizona desert plants like orchids and cacti.

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You might think of Australia's arid center as a dry desert landscape devoid of aquatic life. But it's actually dotted with ...

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists issued an urgent warning late Wednesday morning as heavy rain continued to hammer desert areas in Arizona. These areas usually see only 1.5 to 2 inches of ...