The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

Small mats of human hair line the base of plants, helping lock in moisture for crops in orchards around Chile that have been ...

Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro cactus, an icon of the ...

The extraordinary event temporarily shut down equipment at the ALMA Observatory, and the snow reached the telescope's main ...

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

Read on to discover incredible places that look like they belong on another planet... The dramatic Tianzi Mountains are ...

Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...

Deserts aren’t just hot—they’re thermally extreme landscapes where physics, biology, and climate intersect. Discover why these sun-scorched places turn icy cold at night, how life adapts to survive, ...

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you think about nature,” asks Aurora Radich, a nature therapist in northern ...

In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very air itself to grow lettuces and lemons, using a net to catch drops of ...