“OHV use in the (western Mojave) area is a significant ongoing cause of harm to the desert tortoise, and closures to areas of OHVs is beneficial to desert tortoise survival,” Illston’s nine-page order ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Death Valley National Park is experiencing its best wildflower bloom in a decade, with dormant seeds awakened by ...

Satellite images reveal a Y-shaped formation in China’s Taklamakan Desert where the Hotan River carries precious jade.

Death Valley, one of the hottest and driest places in North America, is bursting with wildflowers after a recent heavy rain.

ALPINE For three days in February, Alpine became the center of one of the most consequential water conversations in Texas. More than 350 landowners, scientists, groundwater conservation district ...

Residents across the Yuma and Imperial Valley region could see some unsettled weather to start the week before temperatures surge toward potentially record-breaking heat by the weekend.

A recent study from the University of Cologne has revealed that microscopic soil worms called nematodes form surprisingly ...

The High Desert will receive a nearly $3 million slice of an almost $7 million federal funding project designed for local ...

Iranian state TV on Sunday said Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country's late supreme leader, has been named his successor.

Strikes on nonmilitary infrastructure were a “serious escalation,” analysts said, and could widen the war’s impact on ...

The researchers describe the Taklamakan Desert as a "biological void" and a "hyperarid environment", emphasising the harshness of the climate that covers some 337,000 square kilometers or 130,116 ...