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 ...

A massive fire burning through the desert in California and southern Nevada has scorched tens of thousands of acres in a biodiverse national preserve and torched its iconic Joshua trees. The York Fire ...

Joshua trees are supposed to wait until late Feb. to lift their white flower clusters over the Mojave. This season, many opened blooms in late Oct. and Nov., and biologists are watching closely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joshua trees are defining features of the Mojave Desert. Once woven into baskets and sandals by the Cahuilla, Joshua trees thrive ...

Kevin Schoonhoven was determined to go camping in Joshua Tree National Park over the weekend. The 34-year-old birder from Orange County had reservations at the park's Black Rock Campground for ...

In the Mojave Desert, rising temperatures, less rainfall, and more intense wildfires are killing off Joshua trees. California officials are working on a plan to protect the distinctive yucca tree and ...

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 ...

Joshua Tree has become one of the most popular US national parks, drawing in almost 3 million visitors last year alone. As a travel writer who's lived in Palm Springs for almost 20 years, I've visited ...

Photographers capturing earlier than expected blooming of the iconic Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert are being asked to share their images with environmental biologists at Cal State Northridge ...

Climbers rest on top of a rock before rappelling back to the valley floor in Joshua Tree National Park. Ben Horton, Nat Geo Image Collection Joshua Tree National Park is often described as an ...