A federal judge has prohibited off-road vehicle use in critical habitat for desert tortoises in California’s western Mojave ...

Mammals are animals that have hair, give birth to live young (except the platypus and spiny anteaters), nurse their young with milk produced by the mother, and control their body temperatures from ...

Abandoned barbed-wire fences from former ranches disrupt wildlife migration across the Sonoran desert. The Tucson based group ...

When desert animals face environmental extremes day in and day out, every unique anatomical feature can aid in their survival. Among the most striking of these adaptations is ear size. In arid ...

Large wild mammals—from elephants to antelopes—are already struggling to cope with global warming. Now new research shows that even the small creatures adapted to harsh, arid landscapes may be ...