Most people have the impression that Nevada is nothing but a desert and have images conjured ... The reason for this is that the Great Basin area has some of the darkest night skies due to its ...

At night, visitors can enjoy exceptionally dark skies and excellent astronomy programs. Great Basin is home to some of the oldest living organisms in the world — bristlecone pines. These gnarled, ...

One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

The California deserts — the Mojave, Colorado and Great Basin — are prime habitat for a ... the greater Southern California area, with more than 22 million residents. The Desert Renewable Energy ...