Over the years, we’ve turned research, anecdotes and everyday experiences into a whole constellation of stories about the way we impact our world. Still, some voices may be missing from the ...

The idea of reserving half of the Earth for nature has been gaining traction among conservationists in recent years. Organizations like Nature Needs Half are pushing to protect 50 percent of the ...

Some of the Southwest’s most iconic desert trees are running for their lives in what could be a grim harbinger for more temperate ecosystems across the West. A study in Functional Ecology off… ...

Scientists have discovered that Homo erectus adapted to extreme desert conditions in East Africa one million years ago – far earlier than previously thought possible for early humans; These ...

Students at the University of San Diego spent a week in the Anza-Borrego desert looking at the impact the drought has on aquatic insects. ABC 10News Anchor Jared Aarons shows us how their trip ...

Their natural habitat is out in the hot desert but conditions for these wild animals are getting tougher and human intervention is also not making it easier. ... Impacts on food. Mar 24, ...

A million years ago, researchers have found, an extinct species of human relatives known as Homo erectus thrived in a harsh desert landscape once considered off limits before Homo sapiens came along.

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found.

The desert kites and their corresponding plans predate Britain's Stonehenge by as much as 4,000 years. The traps are a series of walls and stones that are placed measuring from hundreds of feet to ...

Since President Barack Obama created the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in 2014, visitation has tripled and the national monument has spurred economic growth in the Las Cruces area ...