The Latest Breaking News from Mojave

CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. — Behind the fences surrounding this 40-square-mile outback of cactus and wiry creosote, the largest remaining population of Mojave desert tortoises was soaking up the morning sun and grazing on a mix of wild greens and flowers.

The Stratolaunch aircraft has a 117-metre wingspan and took over the Mojave desert in California and flew for five hours and six minutes, reaching altitudes of 7000 metres

LOS ANGELES — In teaching geology, many professors might crack open a textbook or click through a PowerPoint presentation. Nick Van Buer, an associate professor of geology at Cal Poly Pomona, has something far more interesting to share: stories, videos and maybe even a few cool scars from his 530-mile…

LOS ANGELES — As Death Valley National Park gets ready to reopen its most popular sites on Saturday after heavy flooding, California national parks are still reeling from the aftermath.

On the edge of northern Los Angeles county, at least 200 people are living in tents and trailers on remote, harsh terrain. ‘They treat us like we’re a lost cause,’ one resident said

Joshua Tree National Park, California — At 4,200 feet above sea level here in the arid Mojave desert, not much survives. The landscape is raw, rocky, brown. Except for the enduring Joshua Tree. As if taken from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book, its hydra-like branches extend from the…

The award-winning novelist on the Mojave desert, her itinerant childhood and her longstanding hypnagogic hallucinations

This modified Model 3 must make its way through the most difficult conditions, including high temps, rock obstacles, and deep water crossings. Will it survive?

If carbon emissions stay at current levels, just 0.02% of the desert trees would survive. Volunteers are now banding together to plant seedlings