There’s a moment when you’re cruising along Highway 14 in the Eastern California desert, radio fading in and out, wondering if civilization has forgotten you—then suddenly the landscape transforms so ...

A coalition has begun an effort to bring back Tulare Lake and its once-vast wetlands on thousands of acres of farmland in the ...

There's a massive Joshua tree forest in northwestern Arizona. You can visit without the fees or crowds you'd find in a ...

Located in Nevada and Arizona, only 24 miles from Las Vegas, Lake Mead is one of the most popular vacation spots in the Southwest United States. In 2019, over 15 million people visited Lake Mead ...

Perched in the Victor Valley region of the Mojave Desert, this San Bernardino County gem offers a lifestyle that feels like you’re living inside a desert postcard, complete with dramatic landscapes ...

Deserts aren’t just hot—they’re thermally extreme landscapes where physics, biology, and climate intersect. Discover why these sun-scorched places turn icy cold at night, how life adapts to survive, ...

A Mojave rattlesnake bite is a full-on emergency. Here's where Mojave rattlesnakes live, why they are so venomous and what happens if you get bitten.

Day 6 of the PPE Medpro trial saw DHSC’s sterility expert Dr Richards concede he made no investigation into gown storage ...

Wildfires are an increasing concern across most of the Southwestern United States and many other parts of the world — but scientists have made an encouraging discovery, with insights about how ...

This Tuesday marked the 31st World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Along the edge of the Taklimakan Desert, towns and villages in Northwest China’ s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ...

At 12:31 p.m. on Thursday, the NWS Las Vegas NV issued a wind advisory valid from Friday 2 p.m. until Saturday 11 p.m. for Western Mojave Desert.