Discover the surprising diversity and extraordinary adaptations of plants and animals that call Death Valley's extreme environment home.
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A Thousand Ways to Survive Heat
Death Valley holds the record for the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth — 134 degrees Fahrenheit, measured at Furnace Creek in July 1913.
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Ancient Fish in Desert Springs
The Devil's Hole pupfish lives in a single limestone cavern in the Ash Meadows area, making it one of the rarest vertebrates on Earth — its entire wild population…
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Mammals Thriving in Extreme Desert Heat
The kangaroo rat never takes a single drink of water in its entire life.
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Hundreds of Wings Cross Death Valley
Over three hundred bird species have been documented in Death Valley, making it one of the more significant migratory corridors in the American West.
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Underground Lives of Desert Survivors
The Mojave Desert tortoise spends roughly ninety-five percent of its life underground, emerging only briefly to eat, mate, and drink.
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Superblooms Paint Death Valley Gold
Some wildflower seeds in Death Valley can wait over a decade underground before germinating.
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