A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin has received a new federal designation that advocates hope will help protect vulnerable wildlife like the Mojave ...

STORY: Scenes of devastation across California's Mojave Desert, after a wildfire burned through an area rich in biodiversity. Precious Joshua trees once used by indigenous people to weave baskets and ...

Millions of acres of the Mojave Desert, home to five military bases and at least 40 protected species, including the desert tortoise and Joshua trees, will have more protection thanks to a designation ...

Firefighters are working to control a massive blaze that swept through the California desert and into Nevada. A wildfire of this scale is not common in the Mojave Desert landscape, known for its ...

Millions of acres of the Mojave Desert, home to five military bases and at least 40 protected species, including the desert tortoise and Joshua trees, will have more protection thanks to a designation ...

The 70,000-acre wildfire that started in California’s Mojave National Preserve before sweeping across the border into Nevada remained 0% contained Sunday night as firefighters faced dangerous “fire ...

"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 ...

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The York fire burns in an area of the Mojave National Preserve on Saturday. (R. Almendinger / InciWeb / National Park Service) The 70,000-acre wildfire that started in California's Mojave National ...