The Southwest is no stranger to sweltering conditions, and desert plants and trees are drought-resistant and heat-tolerant. Arid, harsh environments are where they thrive.

Scientists have revived a mysterious, 1,000-year-old seed discovered in the Judaean Desert — and the tree that has grown from it could belong to a lost lineage mentioned in the Bible, they say.

Workers plant sacsaoul trees in Alxa Right Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 16, 2019. As temperature rises, people plant sacsaoul trees at desert to prevent and ...

The Southwest is no stranger to sweltering conditions, and desert plants and trees are drought-resistant and heat-tolerant. Arid, harsh environments are where they thrive.