Deserts are not easy places to call home. Broiling in the day, frigid at night, and lacking ample water, these landscapes test their inhabitants. The creatures that call deserts home have adaptations ...

WHITEWATER – Scientists recently surveyed one patch of the desert and found more desert tortoises dead than alive. Some types of lizards and insects have been vanishing from areas where they once ...

A coyote, a quail and a javelina walk into a Cave Creek watering hole on a hot day. They say to the sleepy tortoise bartender, "Stop Sonoran and give us a drink!" Sorry for the cheesy joke. But can ...

Do you love animals but for whatever reason aren't able to care for one at home? Consider becoming a proud parent of an animal at The Living Desert and Gardens through their symbolic "adoption" ...

A caboodle of canines is quite a sweet sight, no matter how big or fluffy or tail-waggy the pooches might be. But when there are 11 pups, and they're all pretty wee, as in just a month old, and ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. Dressed in matching blue Hawaiian shirts, Janelle Coleman, her husband and their 7 and 9-year-old sons were observing the sights and sounds of the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Sonoran desert is home to many different animals and some of them are only found here in this desert. With temperatures expected to warm for at least another 50 years some ...

A desert is a habitat for many animals. When nighttime falls, many mammals, birds, and insects begin to roam around the desert after sleeping all day. It is cold at night, the snakes and lizards move ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The staff at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum are able to help keep their animals cool, even when the temperature soars well above 100 degrees. They use everything from misters, ...

Local zookeepers at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert and Indian Wells are working to form a union – saying they're struggling with the cost of living. The zoo's animal care team has ...