Do you live someplace that's hot and dry? Growing fruit trees can be challenging in arid areas, but there are varieties that ...

In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...

Southwest Texas is the location of some pretty amazing parks, and I had the opportunity to visit two of them: Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and Guadalupe Mountains National Park in ...

Take a trip to this underrated California spot for otherworldly red-rock formations, fossils, hiking trails, rock climbing, camping, and space for off-roading.

A solar farm in the Mojave Desert is destroying thousands of iconic Joshua trees. It could be the tip of the iceberg as the ...

Think the desert is all dust and cactus? Think again. One local musician-turned-plant whisperer is hitting all the right notes in the garden, and he’s ready to teach you how ...

The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.

Flagstaff Big Read Book Celebration at the Northern Arizona Book Festival Apr 12 — Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Come to Heritage Square ...

The Durango Herald earned 46 newspaper awards last week at the Top of the Rockies journalism contest – more than any other publication in a four-state region – for its news reporting, ...