Laguna la Cruz on the Gulf of California coast in Sonora, Mexico, is an important stopover point for many migratory species.

As the weather changes and spring approaches, Arizona residents may see more animals, including Gila monsters, snakes and ...

Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles ...

Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be ...

For some, Ivanpah now stands as a huge, shiny monument to wasted tax dollars and environmental damage. For others, failures ...

A major step in the process of building a new airport south of Las Vegas to supplement Harry Reid International Airport operations is expected to begin sometime this year.

The Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, took flight during evening twilight, when light from ...

A research team has achieved a gapless assembly of Syntrichia caninervis's genome, totaling 323.44 Mbp with an N50 value of ...

A controversial development is underway in the small Mojave Desert town of Boron. Residents feel left in the dust.

Shutterstock One of the Most Extreme Places in the West Coast Death Valley National Park covers 3.4 million acres in ...

Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) An endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of a road at the proposed location of three BrightSource Energy solar-energy generation complexes in the ...