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

Joshua trees rely on a single moth species to reproduce.

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

Joshua trees, the iconic spiky succulents that typically flower between February and April, began blooming in mid-November ...

But this year, Joshua trees throughout Southern California have bloomed early, potentially disrupting this precise timeline.

When it comes to one of California’s most beloved plants, the forecast is dire. Projections suggest that much of Joshua trees’ habitat will become unsuitable by the end of the century as the planet ...

The gangly, spiky plants that grow in the vital and sensitive Mojave Desert can live more than 150 years. But devastating wildfires have left behind millions of charred trees — actually succulents — ...

Joshua trees are weird. I say this as an expert on Joshua trees. Joshua trees look weird — their twisty branches end in bouquets of stiff, knife-like leaves, which die back to hang from the branches ...