Solar and rare earth projects are displacing Joshua trees, which bring millions of tourists and revenue to the region and support some rare species.

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Never been to Joshua Tree National Park? Here's what you're missing, and why you should go as soon as possible.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joshua trees are defining features of the Mojave Desert. Once woven into baskets and sandals by the Cahuilla, Joshua trees thrive ...

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.

The gangly, spiky plants that grow in the vital and sensitive Mojave Desert can live more than 150 years. But devastating wildfires have left behind millions of charred trees — actually succulents — ...

People across the globe come to visit the arid and bleak Mojave Desert to gaze upon the marvelous towers known as Joshua trees. Jacob Mull is pursuing a masters degree in conservation leadership at ...

A damaged Joshua tree is lit by the setting sun, surrounded by terrain scorched by the 72-acre Black Rock wildfire in Joshua Tree National Park. One day after the government shutdown ended, a ranger ...