For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that ...

The guided tour takes you through a tropical rainforest, savannah and desert, and introduces you to plant adaptations and the characteristics of the habitats. The tour begins with a group assignment ...

In an unprecedented field experiment, an international research team led by Goethe University Frankfurt, the University of California, Berkeley, and CNRS Montpellier investigated the evolutionary ...

Both plant genera use the water-saving CAM photosynthesis (crassulacean acid metabolism), which is also found, among others, in cacti. The plants close the stomata of their leaves on hot, dry days and ...

Nurtured by Nature, The Mysterious Crested Saguaro, Restoring the Flora, Desert Willow. This week on a special desert plants episode of Arizona Illustrated…how a “nature nerd” turned his passion into ...

Consider me. I wear a fur coat in the heat! I must admit, however, that as a benefit of living, working and supervising here at the Desert Museum I have some very enjoyable human accommodations. Above ...