The lack of food and water alone is enough to put you off without the blistering heat to contend with. The Thar desert also ...

There are a lot of ways, it turns out, to cope with unrelenting desert heat. Rattlesnakes, jackrabbits, and many other desert-dwelling mammals and reptiles are crepuscular, meaning they are most ...

When desert animals face environmental extremes day in and day out, every unique anatomical feature can aid in their survival. Among the most striking of these adaptations is ear size. In arid ...