And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding.

A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up ...

DEAR NEIL: I realize it’s now spring, but I want to make a difference next Christmas. I have a very healthy Christmas cactus in my kitchen. It gets plenty of artificial light, but it has never bloomed ...