(CNN) — Inside a Mojave aster flower, a tiny bee is fast asleep. At night, the pale lavender petals close, providing a safe resting place. In the morning, as birdsong rings out across the desert, the ...

Episodic precipitation pulses are important for driving biological activity in desert ecosystems. The pattern of precipitation, including the size of rain events and the duration of time between ...

Wildfires are an increasing concern across most of the Southwestern United States and many other parts of the world — but scientists have made an encouraging discovery, with insights about how ...

Ping Yue, Xiaoan Zuo, Kaihui Li, Xiangyun Li, Shaokun Wang, Xujun Ma, Hao Qu, Min Chen, Liangxu Liu, Tom Misselbrook and Qiang Yu Aims Drought significantly impacts ecosystem structure and function, ...