The California park's fantastical trees get all the attention, but the rock formations are equally impressive.

Dateline Resources Ltd. is exploring for rare earth elements outside Joshua Tree National Park, sparking concerns it could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A damaged Joshua tree is lit by the setting sun, surrounded by terrain scorched by the 72-acre Black Rock wildfire in Joshua Tree ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Joshua tree against a sunset in the high Mojave Desert. (Carlo Allegri / Getty Images) Joshua trees face an uncertain future.

Joshua trees are supposed to wait until late Feb. to lift their white flower clusters over the Mojave. This season, many opened blooms in late Oct. and Nov., and biologists are watching closely ...

Iconic and hardy, Joshua trees are stunning symbols of the American Southwest. Known scientifically as Yucca brevifolia, these hardy plants are desert-dwelling specimens with a unique partnership. To ...

The vast majority of Joshua Tree National Park visitors never reach Covington Flats, which isn’t near any of the park’s main entrances and is only accessible via bumpy dirt roads or treks on foot ...

LAist Senior Editor Suzanne Levy, who grew up in the UK, recalls encountering an alien landscape in her ongoing series ...

During the Ice Age, Joshua trees thrived across the American Southwest with the help of the ground sloth. The animals have been extinct for 13,000... Outlook Bleak for Joshua Trees During the Ice Age, ...

A Joshua tree against a sunset in the high Mojave Desert. (Carlo Allegri / Getty Images) Joshua trees face an uncertain future. Scientists warn that without significant climate action, the species ...

One day after the government shutdown ended , a ranger ambled down a trail in Joshua Tree National Park, bathed in golden light. It was her first day back, and she had just walked through a sea of ...