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On Mimms Ranch outside Marfa, the Dixon Water Foundation is using some surprising tools to improve a grassland’s ability to absorb water: cattle and electric fence. How does this work?

Have you ever seen a Horned Lark? Horned Larks are seldom seen, but they live year around on the Llano Estacado and the intermontane grasslands of the Chihuahuan Desert.

To envision the long ago landscape before modern economic endeavors changed it, consider the Burrowing Owls, familiars of the prairie dog. The dog owls are insectivores, fond of grasshoppers and the beetles that eat the dung of grazing animals.

Population explosions are an intriguing phenomenon. At times, a species will suddenly become extremely common. In some years, jackrabbits will line the highways a hundred to a mile.

The breeze gently clapping a cottonwood’s leaves. The fierce gust that flings dirt into your eyes. Wind’s energy is revealed in myriad ways in the Chihuahuan Desert.

When the morning whistle blows on Mimms Ranch, the cattle get to work. This herd has a job that might surprise a lot of people: improving the health of a desert grassland and its ability to absorb water. How are they doing it?

If the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico were in the pharmacology business, then creosote would be their perennial best seller.

It's been a long, cold winter, but signs of spring are beginning to appear. In California, spring arrives when the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano. In the northeast, the Crocus and Daffodils give hope that warmer days are on their way. Here in the Chihuahuan Desert region, we look for more subtle indications that spring has arrived and summer's on it's way.

There are 1775 public gardens in 148 countries around the world, and if you’re interested in plants, you’ve probably visited a few of them. But have you ever thought about the concept of public gardens?

Every pristine spring, mucky cattle tank, and rain-filled hueco in the Chihuahuan Desert is home to an exceptionally diverse array of microscopic animals. Who are these creatures?