A legal loophole is being exploited by deep-pocketed California water users who use lawsuits to stall key sustainability plans.

Sixteen students in the Catawba College Honors Program traded traditional spring break plans for a once-in-a-lifetime ...

At 86 metres below sea level, Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America. The lake once evaporated tens of thousands of years ago, leaving behind prodigious amounts of salty sediment.

Death Valley National Park, located in California and Nevada, is known for its hot weather and amazing desert views. It’s the largest national park in the U.S., with salt flats, canyons, sand ...

A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of ...

For most of my life, I've wanted to come out here in summertime,” said Kinsel, who was visiting Death Valley's Badwater Basin area from Las Vegas.

Two people cover themselves in white towels as they walk around Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, Calif., Sunday, July 7, 2024.

Badwater Basin, home to Lake Manly, is viewed on a 100 F spring day as people walk on the salt flats around what's left of the lake on April 23, 2024, near Furnace Creek, California.

Park officials said the lake on the valley floor of Badwater Basin — the lowest and driest point in North America — was about 2 feet deep at its largest, according to a Feb. 8 news release.

California’s Death Valley, the driest place in North America, has had a temporary lake forming in the Badwater Basin area since late 2023.