WildEarth Guardians, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, first petitioned to list the Joshua tree as "threatened" in 2015.

By 2100, much of the Joshua tree's current range will no longer be suitable habitat. ... New Mexico, first petitioned to list the Joshua tree as “threatened” in 2015.

Joshua trees, such as this roughly 150- to 200-year-old specimen, are threatened with removal because of a solar project near Boron, Calif.

WildEarth Guardians, an advocacy group based in New Mexico, petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday to list Joshua trees as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A Rio Rancho neighborhood is mourning the loss of a massive Joshua Tree after Saturday’s storm destroyed it. “We moved into this house in the 1990s and we… ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a new plan to protect the state’s iconic Joshua trees, which are imperiled by wildfires, human development and climate change. The 294 ...

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.

California lawmakers have agreed to create a conservation plan to help protect the western Joshua tree, which faces extinction due to climate change. (Story aired on ATC on July 5, 2023.) ...

Do you have Joshua trees on your land? Stay up to date with new rules and protections for the iconic High Desert tree at a Hesperia City Hall workshop on June 20.

Marcio Jose Sanchez. FILE—A Joshua tree is silhouetted in front of the Bobcat Fire at sunset Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Juniper Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) ...