Enjoy a peaceful escape with a visit to one of these stunning botanical gardens chosen by our featured panelists.

From afar (or even from just 10 feet away), the patch of land just south of Highway 62 and east of the town of Joshua Tree looks like any other undeveloped parcel of Mojave Desert landscape, dotted ...

Researchers and fire experts have long recognized a clear relationship between invasive grasses and wildfires.

An American and a Canadian hiker have been attacked while walking in the Jacumba Mountains Wilderness, California, near the ...

Southern California is facing fierce fires fueled by the Santa Ana winds, which threaten homes and put firefighters to the ...

As Modernism Week turns 20, Lisa Vossler Smith reflects on Desert Modern architecture, preservation, the rise of Modernism ...

The UC Master Gardener program is administrated in each county through the University of California system. Volunteers are ...

The Santa Ana winds tend to cause the same corridors to burn over and over again. Experts say the region needs to adapt.

Case in point: the Ivanpah solar project. Maybe you’ve seen the unsightly, blindingly bright towers while traveling from L.A.

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran ...

Millions of Americans are under weather warnings or advisories today as the U.S. braces for a new winter storm this week. A ...

Fire has always played a crucial role in Southern California’s ecosystem, which features dry conditions and strong, hot desert winds called the Santa Anas, which blow from the east each winter. Many ...