After trying and failing for more than two decades to pump ancient groundwater from beneath the Mojave Desert and sell it to Southern California water districts, the controversial company has set its ...

A Mojave rattlesnake bite is a full-on emergency. Here's where Mojave rattlesnakes live, why they are so venomous and what ...

Deep in California’s Mojave, two towns rose with the railroad and fell with the freeway. Bagdad and Siberia are long gone—but if you know where to look, their bones still speak. From abandoned rail ...

A journey into one valley, exploding with color, leads to a ghost town with its own colorful past. California’s Mojave Desert can be a brutal place but, in the spring, after heavy rains, a brief ...

Travelers along Interstate 40 are being made aware of the temporary closure of the John Wilkie Safety Roadside Rest Area in the Mojave Desert. Caltrans crews continue the rehabilitation project at ...

Depending on which source is your reference, Kern County covers about 8,161 square miles. This makes it the third largest county in California by land. It's larger than Connecticut and Delaware ...

The John Wilkie Safety Roadside Rest Area on I-40 near Needles, California is closed for renovations. The project includes upgrades to water and wastewater systems, paving, and site amenities. The ...

Located in the Mojave Desert halfway between Death Valley National Park and the town of Pahrump, Nevada, Ash Meadows was once home to tribes like the Southern Paiute and Timbisha Shoshone, who used ...

But popular desert campgrounds, including near Joshua Tree, are still at risk, as GOP Sen. Mike Lee vows to continue fight for sale of BLM lands.

The Mojave Desert, which includes the Amargosa Basin, is already the hottest place in North America. Temperatures in Death Valley, where the river terminates, regularly top 125 degrees Fahrenheit.

Tulare Lake was drained by farmers more than a century ago, and it has reappeared only rarely when floods have reclaimed ...