The Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base houses vulnerable young desert tortoises until they're hardy enough to withstand ...

It's a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is ...

It’s a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town in California tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is vast and rugged, a mish-mash of rock, dirt and creosote ...

Developers have proposed building the Soda Mountain Solar Project, an industrial-scale renewable energy facility, less than one mile from the boundary of Mojave National Preserve. It would be the ...

Arid low desert and vegetated high desert meet in this beloved natural gem, offering visitors stunning vistas and rewarding ...

In a small room tucked into the corner of the Mojave Desert Land Trust’s headquarters in Joshua Tree, three nondescript white refrigerators hold the future fate of the desert landscape. The ...

An enduring symbol of the Mojave Desert, Yucca brevifolia might be ... allow the visitor to experience the true vastness of the landscape from almost anywhere in the park.

It’s very possible to have a cheap holiday in Nevada. Ghost towns and parks are cost-effective sightseeing options, and there ...

the new vast landscape of invasive plants sharing the land with the Joshuas. Invasive plants are growing on the Mojave Desert’s floor, the only place in the U.S. where Joshua trees grow.

The California deserts — the Mojave, Colorado and Great Basin — are prime habitat for a suite of rare and endangered species adapted to survive in these sun-drenched, windy wildlands. The iconic ...