Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Desert biologist Jim Cornett measures a very old ocotillo plant at a study sight at Joshua Tree National Park, Friday, January 14, ...

Ocotillo is the bane of my existence. After I needled the U.S. Postal Service for using a plant not indigenous to Nevada on the new Nevada Flag stamp, it turns out you can find ocotillo growing ...

Maybe you’ve seen an ocotillo out in nature. Driving down 385 toward Big Bend National Park, the plants are hard to miss, with their sprawling branches snaking their way toward the sky. The ...

Q: I just purchased a retirement home in Joshua Tree and LOVE the ocotillo plant. I’m reading about the care and cultivation of them, but one thing perplexes me: which side is the south side and which ...

Q: About 15-20 years ago my son gave my husband a banana tree that was about 3 feet tall. It sat outside in the hot sun in the summer and in the low 20s in the winter. We live in the Tanque Verde area ...

Veteran desert biologist Jim Cornett was astonished to see a bright yellow and black caterpillar munching on a spiny ocotillo plant one late March day. Normally the razor-spiked plants would not be ...