Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants ... becomes blanketed in wildflowers. Desert plants may have to go without fresh ...

Grazing animals can destroy many desert plants and animals ... find new ways to rotate crops to protect the fragile soil, and plant sand-fixing bushes and trees. Planting leguminous plants ...

A hot desert is often covered in sand and the plants and animals that live there are adapted to live in very hot and dry conditions. Wow! It looks like it hardly ever rains here. Incredibly ...

Criterion (vii): 'Uruq Bani Ma'arid is an iconic hyper-arid sand desert representing the largest sand sea ... Ingenious adaptations by plant and animal species to the hostile environment and ...