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 ...

There are a lot of ways, it turns out, to cope with unrelenting desert heat. Rattlesnakes, jackrabbits, and many other desert-dwelling mammals and reptiles are crepuscular, meaning they are most ...

Remarkable life-size rock carvings, depicting camels, gazelles, and other animals, have been discovered in the Saudi Arabian desert, with researchers dating these ancient artworks back 12,000 years.

Tens of thousands of years ago, there was water in the Nefud Desert of modern-day Saudi Arabia. The pools were seasonal and scattered across the arid landscape, allowing humans that called the region ...

Animals from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo that were transported to Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert last week to evacuate from the Line fire could be returning back home on Thursday. Conditions ...

Editor's note: This report includes images of dead animals that may cause some readers distress. Dozens of cats were left to die in the unforgiving heat of the Abu Dhabi desert, animal rights ...