Articles for tag: animal conservation, desert ecosystems, Desert Foxes, Nevada Wildlife, Wildlife Comeback

Desert Foxes Making a Comeback in Nevada

Suhail Ahmed

Across Nevada’s big-sky basins, a small, night-silvered predator is slipping back into view. After years when heat, drought, and development seemed to smother the desert’s quiet life, biologists are finding renewed signs of the desert kit fox, the region’s native “desert fox.” The turnaround isn’t a miracle; it’s the result of wetter winters, smarter land ...

Ursus arctos gobiensis

Rare Gobi Bear Completes 160-Kilometer Trek to Find Water

April Joy Jovita

A rare Gobi bear has been captured on video finally reaching a water source after a grueling 160-kilometer trek across the harsh, waterless terrain of the Gobi Desert. With fewer than forty individuals left in the wild, this critically endangered species faces extreme survival challenges due to habitat loss and climate change. The footage serves ...