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 ...

Dead Vlei, a white clay pan situated near the famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, is in fact the world’s oldest desert. Located 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.

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

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

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.