Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The desert long-eared bat (Otonycteris hemprichii) is found in North Africa and the Middle East. Deserts are not easy places to ...

An increase in Joshua Tree visitors has meant bad news for local mountain lions.

The new interactive endeavor invites guests to build a team of "pollinator heroes" and learn how they save the desert.

A federal judge says Mojave Desert tortoises deserve protecting from roaring trucks ...

BABY ANIMALS... fill all people with all of the furry feelings — we'll just make that assumption, though "awww"-sumption may be more apt — and encountering a sweet snapshot of a bitty kitty, a bear ...

Habitat loss and fragmentation is often exacerbated in deserts, where many species are specialized to live in this habitat. Larger desert-living animals are also considered more extinction prone ...

A new Mexican gray wolf enclosure planned at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum will give visitors a chance to view the wolves like never before — from the middle of the exhibit, surrounded by the pack.

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The Palm Desert Planning Commission was unable to vote on the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens' plan to expand; instead, the discussion will be continued at a September meeting. This expansion, which is ...

People must be the easiest creatures in the world to track, if the dirt paths at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum are any indication. They are filled with "people tracks" from sneakers and hiking ...