These often-overlooked desert spots prove you don’t need crowds or big-name parks to experience true desert beauty.

If you’re looking to escape city lights and enjoy some of the clearest, most stunning night skies, Southern California’s desert campgrounds offer... The post 6 Desert Campgrounds in Southern ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust seeks "femme-aligned" student interns for a paid night sky photography project. Interns will document the Mojave Desert's dark skies from October 2025 to April 2026, ...

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 ...

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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A funeral will take place for a well-known local realtor who was allegedly murdered in July by another man. Family and friends will gather to remember Robert "Bob" Boyajian.

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 ...

In desert ecosystems, plant species coexist by growing and flowering at different times, cued by rainfall and other triggers. This diversity strengthens community stability. The invasive Sahara ...

Lichen from the Mojave Desert has stunned scientists by surviving months of lethal UVC radiation, suggesting life could exist on distant planets orbiting volatile stars. The secret? A microscopic ...

The situation on the Colorado River — the water supply for 40 million Westerners and half of all Californians — is dire. The waterway’s flows have shrunk 20 percent since the turn of the century and ...

Some believe the desert is silent. They picture a vast mute nothing, hot enough to grill a steak on your vehicle’s hood and dry enough to chap your soul. They think of scorched plains, scrubby plants ...