Learn how animals survive in the Mojave Desert and what defines a robot. Explore how animals have adapted to the harsh Mojave Desert climate with help from the Springs Preserve. Then Dr. Louis Rubbo ...

A groundbreaking international study conducted in partnership with the Turkana community of northern Kenya revealed how ...

Through a collaboration between U.S. and Kenyan researchers and Turkana communities of northern Kenya, scientists have ...

Explore how some of the world's toughest animals have evolved to endure extreme desert conditions. From blistering heat to scarce water, these survivors showcase nature's most impressive adaptations.

Spade-foot toads (Scaphiopus couchi) have been discovered recently in the Colorado Desert of California (Sonoran Desert), a region averaging approximately 2 1/2 inches of rainfall per year and having ...

Meerkats genetically adapt to a species-specific form of tuberculosis according to a long-term study by an international ...

The High Desert Museum announced Thursday it has earned accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the gold standard for animal care and well-being worldwide. The Museum went before the ...

There's plenty of air in the tiny spaces between grains of sand; the problem for sand-burrowing animals is how to get that air into their lungs while keeping the sand out ...

Renal adaptations of desert vertebrates may involve regulation of urine osmolality and glomerular filtration rate. Changes in the latter may influence the former. Excretory end products of nitrogen ...

Every April for the past decade, systems biologist Rodrigo Gutiérrez has driven 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to reach one of the driest places on Earth: Chile’s Atacama Desert, parts of which ...