Looking at dunes and other rock formations on both Earth and Mars can tell scientists the environmental conditions that ...

The Algodones Dunes, straddling the borders of California, Arizona, and Mexico, may seem like an unlikely location for Mars ...

California deserts are a biodiversity hot spot, and home to iconic species like desert tortoises, Joshua Trees and Mojave fringe-toed lizards. Thirty-seven percent of the state's plant species are ...

On that day, I learned an essential rule of fieldwork in the desert: Don’t forget a shovel. Otherwise, if your vehicle gets stuck, as ours did, you’ll have to dig it out by hand.