In the 1850s, the northern Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico was a vast expanse of black grama and tobosa grasses, broken only by the solitary spikes of soaptree yuccas. The aplomado falcon ...

Washington, D.C., Oct. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $3.7 million in conservation grants to help restore and sustain grassland systems ...

Conservation projects in the Pecos River area got a boost this year as about $1.5 million in grants were awarded to conservation organizations in southeast New Mexico and West Texas aimed at restoring ...

A recent study in Ecology used fenced exclosures like this one to show that, over 25 years, small herbivores like rodents and rabbits had a greater impact on Chihuahuan Desert vegetation than cattle ...

Ninety percent of the approximately 29 grassland bird species breeding in the Western Great Plains — including these sparrows — winter in the Chihuahuan Desert. Since the 1960s, however, grassland ...

For much of the 20th century, boom and bust cycles of desert grasses in the US Southwest were linked to long-term cycles of temperature in the Pacific Ocean. That link now appears to have been broken, ...

The state's governor and environmentalists on Tuesday were gearing up for a court battle after the federal government moved ahead with plans to open most of a sensitive area to exploratory drilling.

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) presents a roundup of four research articles recently published across its esteemed journals. Widely recognized for fostering innovation and advancing ...