Soon I’ll trek into the Mojave Desert, once again chasing cactus colors: strawberry hedgehog cactus on spiky gray columns, pale yellow pencil cholla flowers at sunset. I’ll return in May to see ...

Discover some of the world's most incredible desert plants that thrive in extreme heat and dry conditions with little ...

Following record winter rains, colorful poppies, yuccas and other wildflowers are about to explode across California's desert wilderness areas east of Los Angeles and San Diego. (Photo by George ...

A Cactus Mouse sticks its head out of a rock crevice. Use of these kinds of microhabitats during the day buffered small mammals from exposure to climate change and resulted in community stability over ...

Discover the fascinating world of desert plants and the remarkable adaptations that help them survive extreme heat, scarce ...

The Colorado Desert is hotter and drier than the western section of the park that lies in the southern part of the Mojave Desert. Joshua Tree National Park offers more than we can describe here, but ...