Deserts reward preparation. Across the world, desert animals have developed ingenious and resourceful ways to conserve every ...

Death Valley National Park spins much wondrous magic amid its many rocks. Learn more about the landscape and options for visitors.

Dramatic colors accompanied the tempest. Occasionally, shafts of sunlight shone through the clouds, followed by brilliant, ...

Legends tell of a gold miner who struck gold, but never got to enjoy his riches. The story may not be true, but the allure of a quick solution remains real on the Arizona Trail. ASU law professor ...

Carnegie named the water hole Empress Spring, for Queen Victoria. They stayed and rested and Carnegie writes “but for the ...

Sonoran Desert landscape around Tucson, Arizona. credit: Catherine Parker Straddling Tucson's east and west sides in ...

You’ve probably already heard of Death Valley and it’s extreme accolades – the lowest, hottest, and driest place in North America, the largest national park in the United States, and the film set for ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at rat ...

The Lut Desert, or Dasht-e-Lut, is located in the south-east of the country. Between June and October, this arid subtropical area is swept by strong winds, which transport sediment and cause aeolian ...