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 ...

Despite the desert environment of the Coachella Valley, most of the landscaping here is predominantly made up of non-native and even tropical plants. Although aesthetically pleasing, these plants, ...

This striking, false-color satellite photo of Pakistan's Khor Kalmat lagoon shows how the tidal body of water helps to sustain an intricate ecosystem in the surrounding desert environment. The ...

President Joe Biden will designate vast, ecologically rich swaths of southern California desert and of northern California woodlands as a pair of new national monuments in a visit to the state early ...

Self-sufficiency in food is important for any country, and it can lead to some strange developments, such as the fields of crops that were perfect circles or semicircles because of the design of the ...

Cadiz Inc. has been called a “zombie,” a “poison pill” and a scheme to “suck the desert dry” by draining a delicate groundwater aquifer north of Joshua Tree National Park and selling the water to ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the desert at the western edge of Avra Valley. For the third January in a row, volunteer caretakers at the Waterman Restoration Site are using recycled ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Julia Sizek is an anthropologist whose research focuses on conflict over California’s land ...