Inside this red circle lies the world’s driest non-polar desert, a place where rain is so scarce it may not fall for years or ...

A study led by Prof. Tao Hui from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Some of the world’s main biomes include rainforest, desert, savannah, grassland, woodland and tundra. Each biome has characteristics that make it unique, for example Alaska is a type of tundra.

Additionally, the panels provide shade that helps desert species like lizards, fennec foxes, and beetles survive harsh temperatures. Biodiversity is the foundation of life on Earth, supporting ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The crust (together with the upper layer of the mantle) is made up of different pieces, called tectonic plates ...

Nutrient resorption is a vital nutrient utilization strategy in desert plants and is essential for understanding desert ecosystems and addressing climate change.Although the resorption characteristics ...

Given the charismatic Cactaceae are distributed predominantly in the New World arid lands (think cactus and cowboy), it is alarming that these sometimes desert environments have not attracted as much ...