From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

Researchers Find An ‘Alien Plant’ In The Utah Desert In 1969 ... came across an unidentified fossil that was found in the same area as the alien plant while browsing the University of ...

"But we've found that we need to be just as concerned ... both vital for the plants' survival in the harsh desert environment. "These wild plants are crucial components of desert ecosystems ...

Many desert plants can live for hundreds of years. But in California, the iconic Joshua tree—the oldest found was 1,000 years old—may not survive a hotter climate, scientists warn. If they don ...

National Park Service officials haven't identified the person or people who illegally drove more than two miles across Eureka ...

Last summer’s monsoon is best described as a “non-soon” with very little precipitation. In the five months since August there has been virtually no measurable rain in the ...

Sonoran Desert. Photographer: Paul Williams we found someone's pet cat had been caught in a cholla One evening we heard the most painful howls from a cholla plant not far away. Upon investigating ...

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert. In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ...

Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles ...