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 ...

The heaviest animal to have ever lived may have been an ancient colossal whale that was recently discovered in Peru, scientists said. Scientists have been digging up massive fossils of the new species ...

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.

Animals from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo left the Living Desert and returned home after evacuation warnings were lifted for the Line Fire. Dozens of zoo animals were evacuated last week due to the threat ...

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 ...