Researchers describe two new Eremiothrips thrips species from Saudi Arabia and reveal the previously unknown male of a third, ...

An integrative taxonomic study has described Drawida xinjiangensis, a new earthworm species from arid northwestern China that ...

Wild horses and donkeys dig desert wells that provide water to 57 wildlife species, with research revealing their surprising ...

As animals move across the desert, they leave tracks, diggings and droppings. For skilled trackers, reading these signs is like watching a movie. A story of who was there and what they were doing ...

A scientist has discovered a hopping treasure trove -- 16 new species of grasshoppers living in the thorny scrubs of U.S. and Mexican deserts. A Mississippi State University scientist has discovered a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. By studying the physical characteristics of these grasshoppers, from the shapes and sizes to the colors of their body parts, the researcher found ...

Researchers studied wild horses and donkeys in the Sonoran Desert, which dig wells that attract diverse wildlife. The wells serve as critical water sources for various vertebrate species during dry ...

The largest hot desert in the world is vast and desolate, yet the Sahara is also home to a diverse array of plant, animal, and human life. It is the biggest desert of its kind in the world — almost as ...

A desert is one of the Earth’s biomes with a specific climate and its own types of plants and animals. About one fifth of the Earth’s land surface is classified as desert and they are found on every ...

Pictured is Agroecotettix silverheelsi, a newly described grasshopper from Texas named in honor of Jay Silverheels, an early Native American actor. Mississippi State’s JoVonn Hill, director of the ...

As animals move across the desert, they leave tracks, diggings and droppings. For skilled trackers, reading these signs is like watching a movie. A story of who was there and what they were doing ...

What’s new: A recent study has identified 16 new-to-science species of grasshoppers living in the deserts of the U.S. and ...