Biologist Ed LaRue sets up camera traps in California’s Mojave Desert to keep a constant eye on endangered animals and develop strategies to better protect them. The other day, he noticed a pickup ...

An increase in Joshua Tree visitors has meant bad news for local mountain lions.

Off-road fans heading into California’s Mojave Desert soon might want to double-check their maps. A federal judge has ordered the closure of roughly 2,000 miles (3,200 km) of off-highway vehicle ...

Rattlesnake season is here. Learn how to protect yourself and your pets from venomous snakes in the Mojave Desert.

There has been a spike in visitors at Snow Canyon State Park as beloved Mojave Desert tortoises make their way out in the 90-degree heat.“Lots of people will co ...

A federal judge has made 2,200 miles of Western Mojave Desert trails off-limits to off-roading bikers and drivers, in the name of preserving the threatened desert tortoise. The Bureau of Land ...

Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to build solar arrays has consequences for the plants and animals it displaces.