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

For these trees, January is supposed to be a month of dormancy and the blooming should be happening somewhere between ...

Southern California’s iconic Joshua trees are flowering months ahead of schedule, baffling scientists and raising fears about ...

The spiky desert succulents typically blossom beginning in late February. But this season, many started growing flowers up to ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a new plan to protect the state’s iconic Joshua trees, which are imperiled by wildfires, human development and climate change. The ...

Wildflowers could blanket some of California's desert regions again this year unless warm, dry weather persists.

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 ...

Their silhouettes are unmistakable: gnarled branches stretched out and up, greeting the desert sky with shocks of spiky leaves. As both a refuge and grocery store for dozens of native species, Yucca ...

Protests erupted at two of California’s most iconic national parks over the weekend as demonstrators in Yosemite and Joshua Tree rallied against sweeping layoffs they say will cripple park operations.

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Joshua Tree National Park is often described as an out-of-this-world experience or healing for one’s soul, says Donovan Smith, the park’s public information officer. “With blue sunny skies almost year ...