While many parts of the preserve require four-wheel drive, the aptly named Rings Trail is accessible along paved roads, and ...

Along old Route 66 in Oro Grande, California, Elmer Long built a sprawling forest of steel “trees” adorned with thousands of ...

Two wildlife crossings are proposed for State Route 62 to reduce the hundreds of annual animal deaths. The crossings would improve safety for both animals and drivers, as wildlife-vehicle collisions ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Amboy Crater is a 79,000-year-old volcano rising from the Mojave Desert — a relic of fire and ash surrounded by miles of ...

A federal government shutdown has left national parks and public lands open with very limited staff. Conservation groups fear irreparable harm to fragile ecosystems due to furloughed rangers and ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

The High Desert is home to a scary number of spooky local legends and mysterious hauntings. Halloween is the perfect time to explore the strange and abnormal in our own backyard.

It’s not too late for “femme-aligned” students to apply to take "dark night" photographs in the Mojave Desert. The Mojave Desert Land Trust’s next Women In Science Discovering Our Mojave (WISDOM) ...