The lush deserts of the Southwest and northern Mexico are equally alive with a vast variety of birds that live their entire lives in the warm desert climate. A Cactus Wren, Campylorhynchus ...

It was early January, and the toyon sapling I’d planted the week before wasn’t nearly old enough to produce fruit. So I asked a friend if I could collect a handful of berries from a plant on their ...

With a whopping 659 species, Texas is host to a stunning array of birds—a greater diversity than any other state except (alas) California. Birders here can find migratory species on their annual ...

Five-year-old Youie Khzouz held a stick with a feasting yellow budgie perched atop, eagerly trying to entice another bird to join them Monday morning in the new exhibit at The Living Desert. Standing ...