Deserts are not easy places to call home. Broiling in the day, frigid at night, and lacking ample water, these landscapes test their inhabitants. The creatures that call deserts home have adaptations ...

I recently received a question about the use of technology in ecological research, which led to a discussion about blacklights. I wrote a column five years ago about a nighttime adventure in a ...

When Brian Hinds went out exploring in a small, isolated plot of land in Fresno County in 2020 and spotted a yellow scorpion lurking among piles of loose debris, he was confused. The hobbyist ...