ON the western horizon of the Libyan Desert, as viewed from the summit of the Great Pyramid of Ghizeh, a conical hill stands in solitary grandeur, far removed from the route of desert travellers.

China's largest desert is now encircled by thousands of trees. The forest currently stretches over about 2,000 miles around the Taklamakan desert in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang.

The free food forest covers 1.7 acres of land and offers locals over 2,500 edible and medicinal plants that are free for ...

"The desert fly seemed actively attracted to warmer temperatures—around 90 degrees Fahrenheit compared to the forest fly's sweet spot just below 70 degrees," said Capek, who works in the Gallio lab.

the desert cloud forest. These mountains are crucial to the existence of the forest, acting as a barrier that captures moisture-laden clouds from the Indian Ocean during the monsoon season ...

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert. In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ...

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Forest flies showed increased avoidance of heat, potentially explained by higher sensitivity in their antennae's molecular heat receptors, while desert flies were instead actively attracted to ...