“The facts are clear. This groundwater mining proposal would drain the desert and rob the Mojave of its rare springs and wildlife habitat."—NPCA's Chance Wilcox, California Desert Associate Director ...

MOJAVE DESERT — The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for their survival on the burrows it digs. But it is imperiled in ...

On Friday, the leaders of California Tribes, community, and environmental organizations are highlighting their opposition to a Cadiz-Trump administration plan to extract and export groundwater from ...

California planned to install 30,000 solar mirrors for renewable power in the Mojave Desert until a group of desert tortoises showed up and said, "Not here!" ...

Off-road fans heading into California’s Mojave Desert soon might want to double-check their maps. A federal judge has ordered the closure of roughly 2,000 miles (3,200 km) of off-highway vehicle ...

Two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen's footsteps, eager for the handfuls of bok choy and snap peas that would soon be tossed their way. It will be a few ...

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

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

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 ...

BAKER, Calif. — To most travelers on Interstate 15 between Barstow and Las Vegas, the Mojave Desert’s jagged Soda Mountains rise above a seemingly lifeless wasteland of hellish sand dunes, lava flows ...