These extreme environments have led to numerous adaptations of desert organisms, such as plants that have moisture-conserving leaves or that reside as seeds in the soil for long time periods until ...

Biology professor collaborates on ‘Nature’ study finding some local ‘wild’ plants, are dependent on intervention by ...

"It has not only reduced the reliance on manual labor, but also significantly lowered operational costs and boosted ...

Saguaros are a keystone species in the Sonoran desert providing a place ... As it ripens, the fleshy tissue inside the plant's pods, which contain its seeds, becomes engorged with liquid.

Grazing animals can destroy many desert plants and animals ... grooves in the ground to retain rainfall and trap windblown seeds.

As my research life started, I quickly realized that these plants were using mechanisms of protection used by seeds to tolerate extreme water loss. They could in essence “re-wire” seed ...

In October 2023, Zhang brought Juncao grass seeds to Mauritania from a field in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He conducted comparative experiments on irrigation, fertilization, planting ...

But have you ever wondered what plants and animals live in a desert and how they survive there? This is the Sahara. The largest desert on Earth! Wow! It looks like it hardly ever rains here.

Once barren land is now dotted with young palo verde and ironwood trees, which were planted as seeds and have ... threat to the desert ecosystem by crowding out native plants and fueling once ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust’s seed bank started back in 2016 and initially was focused on growing native plants in the land trust’s nursery, which in turn were used for restoration or sold to ...