Joshua Tree National Park is unreal. Its spiky namesake trees are often compared to something out of Dr. Seuss’ imagination, but park ranger Marc Mahan has another take. “I'm a big sci-fi nerd, and I ...

Protecting two different desert ecosystems, Joshua Tree National Park is minutes from Palm Springs. Conveniently located off Interstate 10, this is an easy national park to drive through. So you can ...

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"The Country since leaving the Colorado has been a dry rocky sandy Barren desert." – Jedediah Smith, 1826. Early western explorers who ventured into the Mojave Desert, like Jedediah Smith, often ...

Though I was only minutes away from one of Los Angeles County’s biggest suburban cities, the high desert trail I was on felt very similar to Joshua Tree National Park. Twisted and gangly branches ...

After years of failed efforts to protect the Joshua tree as an endangered species, California lawmakers voted to permanently safeguard the native plant. The Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act was ...