It was also a distinct landmark in the route of long caravans passing through the desert as no ... s most isolated tree and was estimated to be around 300 years old. Originally, it belonged ...

Estuary Power, an energy-generation company that operates in the western U.S., closed a $340 million deal to establish a solar and storage project in Nevada’s Mojave Basin. Now, several famous Joshua ...

Scientists have resurrected a strange seed that was discovered in a cave in the Judean desert during ... 1,000 years old when it was found, and its DNA links it to a genus of tree that, although ...

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 ...

A visit to the ancient bristlecone pine forest in California's White Mountains begins with a dramatic climb from the desert in ... Methuselah Tree. To protect this venerable old tree, the U.S ...

The story goes that these pioneers believed the trees' limbs resembled the upstretched arms of the Biblical figure Joshua raising his hands in prayer. I run a 19 year-old desert magazine, and this ...