An experiment in western China over the past four decades shows that it is possible to tame the expansion of desert lands ...

Scientists analyzed chemical and isotopic markers in groundwater to reconstruct changes in water table levels over time.

Public lands in the California desert are filled with privately owned parcels.

A massive winter storm has hit, stretching from the desert Southwest to New England. Power grids are on high alert, mindful of the blackouts or near misses when similar conditions hit in recent years.

For a place that’s named Death Valley, this scorchingly hot part of California has a surprising amount of life. Never is that ...

For these trees, January is supposed to be a month of dormancy and the blooming should be happening somewhere between ...

Because, by Saturday afternoon I was in Todos Santos, the trails were running good, and the cardon were looking pluuuump. Bulbous. Green. Spines almost glowing.