Pound-for-pound, grasshopper mice are among the fiercest predators in the desert borderlands, and they’re unfazed by venomous ...

It has been more than three years since Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law a major climate change plan to usher in solar and wind energy and phase out polluting, planet-warming coal and natural gas. Yet ...

Desert invertebrates adapt remarkably to harsh conditions using venom, camouflage, and unique hunting techniques for survival ...

Shutterstock A hiker’s paradise… and a critter’s playground. When you hike through Arizona’s beautiful desert, you’re walking through one of North America’s most incredible outdoor habitats. But ...

Aaron Phoenix, 37, began accumulating them in the summer of 2021 to help with his mental health and believes he was “born to save spiders.” He keeps the spiders across two locations — his ...

A GIANT two-legged dinosaur that dwarfed the T-rex stomped through the Gobi Desert over 65 million years ago. The proof? Its enormous footprints, the largest of which measures three feet across.

High-resolution measurement of Roman-era lead pollution in Arctic ice cores at the Desert Research Institute. Image credit: Jessi LeMay (Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada). Atmospheric lead ...

Spider-Man 4 will be swinging into cinemas in July 2026, and filming is set to start on the new movie this summer. Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton is taking over from Jon Watts to direct ...

Spiders, insects, fungi and agricultural pests are being imported into the UK and northern Europe in cut flowers and other ornamental plants. Snakes and lizards are also slipping unnoticed into ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...