A search is underway for a rare desert animal that was pushed to the brink of extinction by two destructive predators, feral cats and foxes. Bilbies once roamed 80 per cent of the Australian mainland, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Drought is a slow-moving catastrophe for most animals. Yet ...

Desert habitats cover around one third (33%) of the Earth's surface. Deserts are an area of land where it hardly ever rains. Some can be dry and very hot, but some can be very cold. The Sahara desert ...

Sahara is a desert commonly perceived to be a massive expanse of sand and devoid of life, but research reveals that this desert is a habitat for a great diversity of life forms. According to the study ...

Then researchers looked closely at the desert tortoise living in and around a working solar farm in Nevada, and the picture ...

From gargantuan ears to concentrated pee, animals have evolved in unique ways to cool off, preserve water and find habitat in arid environments. It’s been reported that former Duke basketball star ...

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 ...