China has been planting millions of trees to slow the advance of the Gobi Desert, but the vast new forests have also reduced ...

Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of one of the world's largest and driest deserts has turned it into a ...

To protect the southwest’s iconic Joshua trees, scientists are tinkering with their genetics and searching for climate havens ...

Joshua trees typically bloom in February and April, according to Jeremy Yoder, an associate professor of biology at ...

Discover drought-tolerant native desert trees—whitethorn acacia, catclaw mimosa and screwbean mesquite—that shelter songbirds ...

Set in Southern California, my HO scale layout includes a Southern Pacific train order office surrounded by a desert scene. Although this arid landscape has sparse vegetation, my scene needed two ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering weather ...

APRIL IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT? It's a month you could confidently deem especially "festival-forward," thanks to all of the sizable under-the-sun celebrations. These parties are usually awash in art, ...

Desert trees offer incredible benefits for your yard, but choosing the right tree for the right place is key to a functional and beautiful landscape. Many homes have small front, back, and side yards ...

It’s been a while since we’ve had such an outpouring for something that doesn’t have to do with Donald Trump: Dozens of readers wrote letters to the editor expressing dismay over the construction of a ...

The Taklamakan Desert has a name that translates, roughly and ominously, to “The Place of No Return.” For centuries, this 130 ...

China's ambitious tree-planting program has transformed the Taklamakan Desert, once known as "The Place of No Return," into a ...