The Wildlands Network announced a planned research study to observe wildlife movement along a stretch of highway between ...

Deep in California’s Mojave Desert, remnants of America’s gold-mining past are still scattered across the mountains. This journey follows a brutal desert trail in search of the Red Cloud Gold Mine, ...

Finding a Mojave Desert tortoise in its natural habitat offers a fascinating glimpse into the wildlife of the desert. These ...

On the edge of the Mojave Desert, rows of solar panels now cover ground that once looked much like the surrounding landscape: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument in Riverside and Imperial counties.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An air tanker drops fire retardant over the York fire in the Mojave National Preserve on Saturday. (R. Almendinger / National Park ...

Cell service cuts out not long after you peel off the pavement. It’s a friendly reminder that this is a remote chunk of the Mojave Desert and if your vehicle dies out here—so might you. If you’re ...

Firefighters continue to battle the York wildfire in California and Nevada, which grew to more than 80,000 acres Tuesday and is threatening the region's famous Joshua trees and other wildlife. The ...

The NWS Hanford CA issued a wind advisory at 4:53 p.m. on Thursday valid from 8 p.m. until Friday 8 a.m. for Mojave Desert ...

Gambel's Quail makes its home in high, dry parts of the Mojave Desert. But like many bird species, it's struggling against the effects of climate change. Chelsea Hofmeier Birds in southern ...

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 ...