Joshua Tree National Park sits at the seam of two deserts. The higher, cooler Mojave fills the northern half, where the park’s namesake trees grow in loose forests between piles of boulders. The lower, hotter Colorado Desert covers the south, where ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists take soil samples among a stand of Joshua trees in the Upper Covington Flat on a March weekend in Joshua Tree National Park. In the heart of the Mojave National Preserve, a ...

California scientists developed digital tools to map fire damage in the Mojave National Preserve. These new software programs help park managers focus restoration work on vulnerable desert plants. The tools assist in assessing post-fire conditions and developing recovery plans for affected areas.

Never been to Joshua Tree National Park? Here's what you're missing, and why you should go as soon as possible.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southern California's Joshua Tree National Park is best known for its iconic flora. The park straddles the Colorado Desert and the Mojave Desert, and features Keys View, which overlooks ...

A sweeping conservation plan identifies where Joshua trees may survive in a warmer future and plots out how to best protect that land. Proponents say it's the first time the state has taken steps to conserve a species that's abundant now but is projected ...

Long before Joshua Tree became one of the United States’ most iconic national parks, most of its desert landscape faced an uncertain future. Mining operations, unchecked development and commercial collectors who dug up cacti and Joshua trees for sale threatened one of California’s most distinctive ecosystems.

Organizers of a new art museum in Joshua Tree announced their plans to build near the national park — but there’s a hitch. The foundation behind the project has had its operations suspended by the California attorney general’s office. On IRS forms to ...