Disturbing a desert tortoise in its native habitat is not only risky for the tortoise, it's illegal, state officials say.

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti blesses animals in St. Peter’s Square for the feast of St. Anthony of the Desert, co-patron of animals, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA ...

Now is the moment to test your ability to observe! You can see a beautiful landscape of a desert where 2 camels can be seen walking through the sand dunes in scorching heat.

About 50 animals were taken from The Living Desert back to the Big Bear Alpine Zoo after wildfire evacuation orders were lifted. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

With triple-digit temperatures expected to stick around in the Coachella Valley for the foreseeable future, nutritionists at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens are helping animals beat the heat ...

There's something that sets The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, a local association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), apart from other institutions. It's that the zoo represents the desert environments ...

His holy life in the Egyptian desert was recorded by St. Athanasius in “The Life of St. Antony.” The annual Vatican tradition had been canceled for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.