Burrowing owls are summer residents of the Western U.S., from the High Plains through the Intermountain West; they are also permanent reside...
Burrowing owls are summer residents of the Western U.S., from the High Plains through the Intermountain West; they are also permanent reside...
In American society, the wealthy enjoy an increasing number of social perks, based on their ability and willingness to pay for them; close-i...
The Southwest Monsoon, bringing welcome rains to the Desert Southwest, occurs in summer each year, though its intensity and extent often var...
Covering more than 58,000 square miles, the watershed of the Gila River includes most of Arizona south of the Mogollon Rim. The river itsel...
Last evening, NOVA , on PBS, focused on the discovery and evaluation of Spinosaurus fossils, the largest carnivorous dinosaur yet unearthed ...
Slender omnivores of the Desert Southwest, Mexico and Central America, ringtails are members of the raccoon family. Though fairly common on...
The Gobi Desert, covering more than 500,000 square miles, is the largest desert in Asia. This vast and varied ecosystem stretches across so...
Tropical moisture, swept into the Desert Southwest by Tropical Depression Ivo (now off the Baja Peninsula), has been caught in the Southwest...
While avid American travelers are familiar with many regions of our country, few have likely been to the Bootheel of New Mexico. Part of a ...
Faced with a persistent drought and a below-average snowpack, superimposed on our arid climate, those of us who live in the American Southwe...
Zone-tailed hawks inhabit the Desert Southwest, from Southern California to southwest Texas, and range southward through Mexico, Central Ame...
During the Miocene Period, some 25 million years ago, rift volcanism began to develop in the region now occupied by extreme southeastern Cal...
The Lake Eyre Basin of east-central Australia is a vast topographic bowl within which streams drain toward the lowest part of the basin, nev...
To most of us, deserts are landscapes of dryness, sparse vegetation and perpetual heat. But, in high deserts, the interplay of elevation an...
Collared peccaries, otherwise known as javelinas or by their more colorful title of musk hogs, are native pig-like residents of the Sonoran ...
Natives of Central and South America, coatimundis have spread into the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the southwestern U.S. Formally kno...
If you enjoy an escape to the Desert Southwest during the winter months but hope to avoid the congestion of large cities and National Parks,...
The ringtail, named for its bushy, banded tail, is a small, nocturnal omnivore of the western U.S. and northern Mexico. Extremely agile, th...
Haboobs are dense, atmospheric walls of dust or sand that are encountered in arid regions across the globe. Ironically, they usually develo...
Elf owls, the smallest owls in North America, are summer residents of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona; some inhabit the Chihuahuan De...