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.

The lower jawbone of an unknown person seems to lie in the very same spot it did a year ago, though the desert sun has ...

Joshua trees typically bloom in February and April, according to Jeremy Yoder, an associate professor of biology at California State University, Northridge, and principal investigator at the Yoder Lab ...

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 ...

Red Rock Ranch stands out as one of those rare places that feels both surprising and perfectly suited to its environment, a ...

If you’re looking for a succulent that’s also quite endearing and fun to have around, then the Bunny Ear Cactus would be the ...

Christmas cactuses bloom in winter, when the days grow cool and short. While low light levels trigger flowering, fertilizing ...

While it's not quite the free energy it sounds like at first, Aircela's technology in its current state has some practical, ...