From afar (or even from just 10 feet away), the patch of land just south of Highway 62 and east of the town of Joshua Tree looks like any other undeveloped parcel of Mojave Desert landscape, dotted ...

The Sahara is often thought of as the driest desert in the world, but there is in fact a desert that is even older and more ...

Isolated in the middle of the desert or atop a remote outcropping, these settlements appear like surreal visions sitting in ...

This is top of mind for many of us after the summer of 2024 left behind defeated trees ... sustainable landscaping options, one local nursery sells plants that withstand the desert’s challenges.

But around a million years ago, the climate dried up and the trees vanished. The landscape turned to a Mojave-like desert shrub land — an extremely arid place that seemed inhospitable for early ...

Stretching from Joshua Tree to the Grand Canyon to Bears Ears, this corridor forms the largest swath of protected lands in the continental U.S.,” said Theresa Pierno, President and CEO for the ...

“This groundbreaking law will help ensure these wonderful trees remain part of California’s Mojave Desert landscape forever.” The new law will be the first in California specifically focused on ...

This year’s crop of about 30 Christmas trees was packed into a large ditch left by an earlier downpour, so future rainfall will remain on site to spur the growth of native desert plants.

and its residence are known to be fiercely protective of the local nature and surrounding land dotted with the sacred Joshua Trees. 'We did not bring in any outside landscaping but were just trying to ...