"The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali" is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity in these two west African countries. In a recently published paper, a ...

Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more ...

You’ll find a lot more sand than trees in the Sahara Desert, but that doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally crop up. Here’s the story of the Tree of Ténéré, as well as a couple other famous trees found ...

The first time I walked into the Huntington Desert Garden in California, it hit me like a splash of cold water. Arid land hosts some of Earth's most vibrant and explosive sculptural flora. These ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering weather ...

In a remote stretch of the Sahara Desert, rows of young fruit trees are taking root in shifting sands, an unusual sight in ...