New research has discovered 16 new desert grasshopper species, revealing their Ice Age-driven isolation and diversification.

Under-sea mountains are key locations for predators -- with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows.

Atascadero’s Charles Paddock Zoo has welcomed three cute new residents — a trio of young Mexican spider monkeys who have ...

Alice Morrison, 61, averaged 23km per day for seven weeks as she travelled from the Jordanian border to the Prophet’s Mosque ...

From towering mountains to vast deserts, America’s landscapes were shaped by powerful geological forces over millions of years. Discover how volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates, and ancient ...

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep ... role that mountain lions play in Nevada’s ecosystems, and it fails to serve the public ...

In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity ...

Guests at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens are asked to be on the lookout for the "very clever" bat-eared fox, who escaped from a holding facility at the zoo Monday evening.

Though sightings in Colorado are rare, these animals are crucial to the ecosystem as they help control populations of small ...

Mojang has been on an ongoing trend of adding mob variants in Minecraft, and it should add more mob forms to fully diversify ...

There’s a silver Airstream that gleams in the desert sun like a disco ball, a pink and white polka-dotted number that looks ...

On Thursday, the Aquarium of the Pacific released its first Marine Species Report Card, detailing the population trends of 30 ...