Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned by starvation because of drought.

White-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica who experienced more intense physiological responses to mild droughts were more fit to survive extreme drought, researchers found in a new UCLA-led study.

Much of Minnesota is locked in a severe or extreme drought. This is certainly bad news for farmers. But what about our birds? Drought can affect birds in several ways. In spite of the drought, ...

With more than 200 days of no measurable rain in Las Vegas and counting, Southern Nevada’s beloved bighorn sheep are reaching ...

Evolutionary biologists have long hypothesized that the short-term physiological responses to stress help animals survive in life-threatening situations. Indeed, research shows that the canonical ...

Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a new article. The findings show that differences in the dominant grasses and lower species diversity in the ...

Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a paper in the journal Nature led by ...

During the drought, the monkeys started to lose weight ... For example, a population of highly endangered animals that cannot quickly adapt to change might need to be moved to a place that ...

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned by starvation because of drought. “Over the course of the last month ...