Deep in the Mojave National Preserve lies an old open pit mine where workers dug and drilled for gold and silver from the ...

National park employees have been notified about a possible second round of layoffs; Mojave Desert groups warn of ...

In the Mojave Desert, ravens are threatening tortoise populations, pushing conservationists to find an innovative solution. Enter the robotic tortoise—designed to scare off predators and reshape their ...

Mojave Desert Land Trust tallied up the numbers ... species such as the Joshua tree and the Endangered Mojave Desert tortoise." Staffing at Joshua Tree National Park was already operating at ...

Male roadrunners’ colors become accentuated during mating season. In fact, in many bird species, males are the showiest, sporting iridescent, delectable colors, blooming tail feathers, and, in the ...

From the desert to the sea to all of Southern California, the ground keeps shaking in the Golden State, this time in Barstow.

The rocky shelf road leading to the mine winds through every layer of the Mojave. Desert tortoise habitat gives way to yucca- and cholla-studded hills, followed by stands of pinyon pine ...

As the sunlight stretches into the mid-evening and we begin spending more time outside, even after the sun bids us farewell, ...

At 9:50 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 10 miles north-northeast of Barstow in the Mojave Desert ... including the desert tortoise, according to the Bureau of Land Management.

But now two desert species — the beloved desert tortoise and a plant that only grows in certain parts of the Mojave Desert — could trip up the airport’s environmental review, which is ...