There's plenty of air in the tiny spaces between grains of sand; the problem for sand-burrowing animals is how to get that air into their lungs while keeping the sand out ...
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens plays a critical role in protecting wildlife and restoring desert habitats here and abroad. From local efforts to save California’s endangered desert tortoise to ...
Barren yet beautiful, the moonscapes of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert are an alluring world of steppes, boreal forest, sand and rock. Here, visitors can bookend their days with yoga and Buddhist teachings, ...
The Chihuahuan is the largest desert in North America-stretching all the way from the southwestern United States deep into the Central Mexican Highlands. WWF's conservation efforts focus on the Big ...
The Jawas and Tusken Raiders from "Star Wars", for example, wouldn't have been able to evolve on the sand-covered Tatooine (perhaps unless they arrived after it had already turned into a desert ...