FILE PHOTO: A view shows the area of an unusual winter bloom on Atacama desert prior to the spring phenomenon known as 'Desierto Florido' (Bloomed desert), which fills the driest desert in the world ...

SILVER CITY, NM.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the swale paintbrush as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This 19-inch-tall, yellow-reddish flower is only known to ...

LLANOS DE CHALLE NATIONAL PARK, Chile (AP) — A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers. The ...

In this week's roundup of science news, Emily Kwong and Rachel Carlson talk about a newly discovered desert flower, tasting lemonade in virtual reality and prehistoric bone tools used by early humans.

ATACAMA, Chile, (Reuters) – In Chile’s arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, scientists are studying a small, resilient flower that could hold genetic clues to help crops withstand worsening ...