From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

Despite the harsh conditions of its habitat, the saguaro thrives ... Feature Details Hardiness Zones These desert plants thrive in hardiness zones between 8 and 11. Light Requirements The plant ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

The plants that do live in deserts have adaptations to survive in the hot and dry climate. Desert habitats receive hardly any rain at all so they are very dry places. This means there aren't any ...

Since its founding in 2006, the Mojave Desert Land Trust has conserved over 100,000 acres, conveying more tracts of land to ...

The facility was touted by then-Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz as an “example of how America is becoming a world leader in ...

“Along with killing thousands of birds and tortoises, the project’s construction destroyed irreplaceable pristine desert habitat along with numerous rare plant species," Dowell said.

With openings in the fence and improved growth of plants vital for tortoise survival, solar farms in Nevada can provide better habitat than the surrounding desert. First Solar has found similar ...

but it is also a habitat for threatened desert tortoises. While the plant’s developers agreed to a series of measures to protect and relocate the animals, many environmentalists believed the ...