But these humble desert trees burst out in a profusion of the most gorgeous shade of this now royal hue each summer and have done so for centuries, long before any human construct of hierarchies.) ...

This is understandable. Joshua trees mark the desert Southwest in a way that perhaps only the saguaro can match. Existing within a specific elevation window of the Mojave Desert — a window that ...

Covington Flats is also an example of “climate refugia,” or an area that is expected to remain suitable for Joshua trees in ...

A massive fire burning through the desert in California and southern Nevada has scorched tens of thousands of acres in a biodiverse national preserve and torched its iconic Joshua trees. The York ...

A project to install solar panels around the Mojave Desert has begun cutting down thousands of Joshua trees, much to the residents’ chagrin. The Los Angeles Times reported several citizens ...

The Blooming Of Desert Annuals Is Over, but not that of the region's stolid desert willows and smoke trees. Rooted in the ...

Climate change is driving more dangerous summer heat across the U.S. Las Vegas, which reached 120 degrees last summer, is ...

Who can deny that the Joshua tree is arguably the most recognizable and beloved icon of our region’s incomparable Mojave Desert? However, by some estimates, the Joshua trees may be gone by the ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering ...

“Estimates show some (ironwood) trees to be 800 years old, and it is likely that they live even longer,” says the “Desert Ironwood Primer,” a publication by the Arizona-Sonora Desert ...

It's been a while since we've had such an outpouring for something that doesn't have to do with Donald Trump: Dozens of readers wrote letters to the editor expressing dismay over the construction ...