Desert habitats are extreme. Therefore, it seems odd that fish could survive such environments. However, there are several ...

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When the Dome Fire tore through the Mojave Desert in 2020, it reduced 1 million Eastern Joshua trees to blackened skeletons. Scientists expected the underground ecosystem to be equally devastated.

Deep in California’s Mojave Desert, two mysteries continue to puzzle explorers. One is a set of enormous double-circle geoglyphs etched into the desert floor, visible from above but with no confirmed ...

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The Mojave Desert Preserve is hiring seasonal Biological Science Technicians to assist with desert tortoise conservation. The Mojave desert tortoise was declared endangered in California in 2024 after ...

A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin has received a new federal designation that advocates hope will help protect vulnerable wildlife like the Mojave ...

Looking for things to do in the Mojave Desert area over the next two weeks? From live music to weekend comedy shows, tribal ...

California’s biggest wildfire of the year — burning through delicate Joshua tree forests along the California-Nevada border — is an unusual desert blaze being fueled in part by the rapid growth of ...

An air tanker drops fire retardant over the York fire in the Mojave National Preserve on Saturday. (R. Almendinger / National Park Service) California's biggest wildfire of the year — burning through ...