Steve Lake envisions a zoo no more than 25 acres, with animals that could withstand the region’s extreme summer temperatures.

Four private astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule after roughly four days orbiting the planet in a novel polar trajectory, walking out of their spacecraft with little assistance to cap off ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

How much they weigh: From as little as 60 pounds (27 kilograms) to more than 1,700 pounds (771 kg) ...

There were already a few examples of animal species doing this in the Northern Hemisphere, such as the red fox moving into the Arctic fox ... even to desert-adapted plants that have evolved ...

such as sea turtles in water and land tortoises in deserts. Different habitats, including deciduous forests, prairies, evergreen forests, and arctic tundras, support distinct animal species ...

Courtesy of Christopher Paetkau A polar bear peacefully snoozing in a pillowy bed of flowers beat out some amazing shots to win the Nature Photography Contest! The winner of the second annual ...

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet ... safari adventure. Among the animals to keep an eye out for are black-maned lions ...

I should have stuck with what I’m actually in Iceland to learn about: Omni-Heat Arctic, Columbia Sportswear’s latest insulation system developed through research on polar bear pelts and ...

Smaller animals, too, were widely transplanted. That’s how beavers came to Tierra del Fuego, where they’ve now crossed the Straits of Magellan and some 100,000 may persist in Patagonia. Weasels, foxes ...