The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square kilometers, it ranks as the largest hot desert on our planet. To give you a ...

It sounds implausible, right? There's no way a historic ship is buried beneath the California desert. And yet the legend about a long-lost vessel has persisted for centuries. Theories range from a ...

Lizards possess remarkable abilities. Some desert species survive with minimal water. Many lizards drop their tails to escape ...

Winter is the perfect time to visit The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert. The temperatures are cool, and the animals tend to be more active. One recent morning, a group of birders kept ...

From the archive:This story originally published in The Desert Sun in February 2016. “You don’t need to worry about rattlesnakes in winter. They’re all hibernating,” we were told by the ...