The Texas-Mexico border is scorching under a record-setting heat wave, with temperatures soaring past 110 degrees, making it the hottest place on the planet Wednesday. While cities just inside the ...

A new study finds that the Sonoran Desert’s iconic cactuses are suffering, not only from prolonged drought but also from ...

Researchers are concerned the declines will lessen the scale of and in some cases possibly eliminate the large saguaro forests in Arizona.

An early-season heat dome is building over the Gulf of Mexico and will bring a week of ... We’re tracking dangerous heat waves across the United States daily. Look up your city to see extreme ...

Kumagai and colleagues focused their study on a period when one of the worst marine heat waves on record swept ... Francisco Bay Area south to the U.S.-Mexico border has fishing bans in place ...