Discover Joshua Tree National Park, where two very different desert worlds collide: the high Mojave and the low Colorado, creating a landscape that’s otherworldly and enchanting to behold. Here, ...

Our adventure begins above the legendary San Andreas Fault, where powerful forces beneath the Earth's surface have been ...

Location: Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California, United States Size: 795,156 acres (Slightly larger than the ...

Photojournalist Allen J. Schaben made a quick one-night trip out to Joshua Tree to make photos for this story: “What you need to know before going to Yosemite and other national parks in 2022” Schaben ...

Never been to Joshua Tree National Park? Here's what you're missing, and why you should go as soon as possible.

The noble saguaro cactus may take the cake for the most globally iconic desert plant in the Southwest, but it would be impossible for a Southern Californian to imagine a desert landscape without ...

Over the past decade, Joshua Tree National Park has transformed from a desert refuge for climbers and artists into one of the most-visited destinations in the United States. Located just north of the ...

“We have the chance to make Joshua Tree National Park whole again. I was born and raised in the California desert. Protecting this landscape is a part of who I am." – Luke Basulto, NPCA's California ...

As firefighters battle a massive wildfire in the eastern Mojave Desert, national park officials and ecologists are preparing for habitat losses that are likely to alter the landscape forever. “We’ve ...

9:26 a.m. Aug. 3, 2023: An earlier version of this article misspelled the last name of retired conservation ecologist Cameron Barrows as Barrow. A light rain fell on the Mojave National Preserve, ...

A short-term rental gold rush is fueling concern for the area’s signature trees and debates about whether the nature of life in the desert of southeastern California is changing forever. A new ...