The Joshua trees and the desert dwellers (including the human ones) have a right to exist too. Furthermore, as time goes on, we humans (8 billion of us) may end up missing what else this lovely ...

S ome see Joshua Tree as just another desert landscape, but others swear it is a spiritual vortex with an energy unlike anywhere else. Its twisted, otherworldly trees and massive boulders have ...

A silver cholla cactus glows in the late afternoon light at the Mojave Desert Land Trust’s demonstration garden in Joshua Tree. It’s one of 50 native plants available for sale at the land ...

There's a massive Joshua tree forest in northwestern Arizona. You can visit without the fees or crowds you'd find in a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) A conglomerate mesa is a refuge for desert ...

Joshua trees are known for residing in their eponymous national park in southern California, but are also found throughout the Mojave desert, and have become an iconic symbol of the high desert.

The Joshua trees of Boron have for centuries graced this arm of the Mojave Desert. The town’s children play in the Joshua tree forest, and the trees serve as shelter in a place that experiences ...

The Joshua trees and other plant species burned by the nearly 94,000-acre York Fire are likely to never regrow, said Debra Hughson, the preserve's deputy superintendent, leaving behind a permanent ...

Joshua trees in the High Desert. The High Desert tree is well protected in the county’s 1.5 million-acre Mojave National Preserve, 800,000-acre Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Trails National ...

Joshua trees stand near the road at Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) By Tribune News Service | Tribune News Service ...

Unlike California’s forested landscapes, desert plants like Joshua trees aren’t adapted to fire, meaning it’s more difficult for them to recover and resprout post-fire — if they’re able ...