Dozens of miles of "tortoise fencing" are being installed along roadsides in prime tortoise habitats, officials said.

As the weather turns chilly in much of the northern hemisphere, it’s time to start thinking about a sun-splashed California ...

A Tuesday ruling finds 6,000 miles of dirt roads set aside for motorized recreation ignored studies showing high death rates ...

California Highway Patrol said they arrested a 23-year-old man accused of a fatal hit-and-run crash in late August in Mojave.

an approximately 1-foot-long reptile found in desert valleys across California and the American Southwest, a full lifespan ...

On Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a rare red flag warning for Los Angeles and Ventura Counties alerting of "extreme fire risk." ...

A helicopter dangling a massive, hula hoop-shaped sensor will soon be carrying out low-level flights above the High Desert as part of a USGS survey.

Throughout the Colorado River Basin, ongoing drought is pushing desert farmers to their limits. Can agriculture technology ...

SAN FRANCISCO— A judge has rejected federal agencies’ approval of activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, including a vast network of off-road vehicle routes in the West Mojave Desert.

Few places host more species than California’s Mojave Desert, a center of biodiversity for lepidoptera, the insect family encompassing roughly 180,000 known moth and butterfly species.

Before his reading, Gander said he recently lost his wife, mother and sister, and he was reminded of those difficult emotions when he passed by the Mojave Desert – the place where he was born.

The Mojave National Preserve is preparing to mark it's 30th birthday on Oct. 31, the anniversary its creation through the California Desert Protection Act of 1994. A judge earlier this week sided ...