Area of Focus: Deserts

October 1, 2024

WSB: Overcoming cats’ phobias can help save other wildlife

Neophobia—the fear of new things—keeps felines away from control devices in Australia

August 14, 2024

WM: Burros are changing desert ecosystems

Native plants and small mammals may be losing key habitat features due to grazing donkeys

July 17, 2023

JWM: Saharan gazelles need large tracts of protected land

Prolonged drought may be affecting these desert-dwelling gazelles

June 12, 2023

Watch: Recovering relict leopard frogs

The rare frogs were once thought to be extinct

May 9, 2023

Do cougars affect ecosystems by preying on feral donkeys?

Donkey activity patterns may affect vegetation around desert wetlands

March 9, 2023

Rising oryx numbers may distress New Mexico ecosystem

South African ungulates introduced decades ago have expanded exponentially in Chihuahuan Desert

February 3, 2023

In California, some songbirds face climate challenges

Precipitation and warm temperatures can cause reproductive issues for cavity-nesting songbirds