You may never have heard of this desert preserve, but it's got great hiking that looks just like Joshua Tree — just a few ...

Compared to those across much of the country, winter temperatures in our desert are generally mild to moderately cold, low enough to discourage many perennials. However, there are a number ...

NPCA answers frequently asked questions about the latest attempt by Cadiz Inc. to drain the Mojave Desert’s groundwater for profit.

The ostensibly barren Mojave Desert is in fact teeming with plants and animals, including a rare species known as the ...

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is seeing an early bloom of wildflowers, with many San Diegans wondering if it will turn into ...

Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten flowers to endangered crops.

This California national parks road trip connects iconic landscapes from redwood forests to desert valleys and dramatic coastal cliffs.

Joshua trees look timeless, which makes early blooms feel almost harmless at first glance. Scientists see something more specific: a signal that environmental cues may be shifting in ways that can ...

Off-roading is now off-limits on routes spanning 1 million acres of the western Mojave Desert after a six-year legal battle ...

Joshua Tree Trail begins at an opening in the fence behind the parking lot’s large sign for Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness.

The Mojave Desert is often portrayed as empty space waiting to be filled with solar panels, but the ground beneath those arrays can be as biologically rich as any national park. New research on a ...