Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned ...

Arizona State will attempt to earn its first home victory over rival Arizona in five seasons when the programs clash Saturday ...

The 159-day drought streak is over, but now it's back to dry and warm for metro Phoenix. Here's what you should expect.

Watching the wildfires devastate a major U.S. city has many of us wondering: Could it happen here? Research shows our ...

The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor Report shows a portion of the Kern County desert has now been upgraded to a dark orange, classifying it in the D2 “severe drought” status. However it’s not ...

Global warming is increasing the incidence of drought, which dries up water holes. Higher temperatures may produce an increasing number of wildfires that alter desert landscapes by eliminating ...

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned by starvation because of drought. “Over the course of the last month ...

For the evening, expect some clouds and light winds, but it will stay dry. Overnight temperatures will dip into the upper 40s and low 50s, with a warm-up coming Sunday morning.

Nearly 99% of the county is affected by the drought, and it recorded its eighth-driest December in the past 130 years. Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun.

This means that a desert would not be considered in drought unless it had less rainfall than normal, for a long period of time. Droughts can last from weeks to months and even years. Why are some ...

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran ...