Desert birds live on the edge ... I had expected it to be mostly barren. Instead, I found it full of life. Cactus wrens called out from blooming beavertail cactuses with a dry and raspy ...

What was once the largest solar power plant of its type in the world appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening.

Penguins aren’t just found in icy parts of the ... just how adaptable these remarkable birds are. The penguins are able to survive in the Atacama Desert thanks to the Humboldt current, as ...

Think of a pyrrhuloxia as a southwestern desert cardinal ... the pyrrhuloxia has a very similar-looking bill. The bird is actually in the Cardinalis genus, with the more widespread and familiar ...

The curve-billed thrasher—the common thrasher of the rich, cactus-laden Sonoran Desert—can be very conspicuous ... particularly in eastern birds. Tail has pale tips, the extent of which ...

Bird watchers were asked to move their cars after a rush to catch a glimpse of the rare bird A rare species of bird usually found in arid ... Turkey and the Gobi Desert". East Devon District ...

Desert birds persist near the edge of their physiological limits ... for avian diversity during the early 20th century by Joseph Grinnell and colleagues. We found strong evidence of an avian community ...

Within the bird's critical habitat areas ... After more litigation by the Center, in 2011 the Fish and Wildlife Service found that pygmy owls in the Sonoran Desert weren’t a “listable entity,” and ...