The spiky desert succulents typically blossom beginning in late February. But this season, many started growing flowers up to ...

Joshua trees rely on a single moth species to reproduce.

Photographers capturing earlier than expected blooming of the iconic Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert are being asked to ...

The Joshua tree is one of the most iconic desert-dwelling plants in the United States, and the stunt they pulled last fall ...

Joshua Tree Trail begins at an opening in the fence behind the parking lot’s large sign for Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness.

The gangly, spiky plants that grow in the vital and sensitive Mojave Desert can live more than 150 years. But devastating wildfires have left behind millions of charred trees — actually succulents — ...

A damaged Joshua tree is lit by the setting sun, surrounded by terrain scorched by the 72-acre Black Rock wildfire in Joshua Tree National Park. One day after the government shutdown ended , a ranger ...