The Las Vegas State Tree Nursery is a well-kept secret at the northern edge of the valley, providing government agencies and ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust is holding its largest-ever native plant sale in Joshua Tree. On Saturday, about 4,000 plants will be on sale, representingover 65 species, which are drought tolerant and ...

Instead, Ivanpah has become a cautionary example about timing, technology bets, politics, and the unforgiving realities of ...

Corina Godoy has an admittedly unorthodox dream. She hopes to adopt a bird. She’s not yet sure what kind of bird, but it needs to have a taste for feasting on the juicy red berries that grow on lycium ...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Reproduction in many crop species is impaired above 30° to 35°C; however, the sensitivity of reproduction in the natural flora remains uncertain. Studies focusing on the effect of ...

Soon I’ll trek into the Mojave Desert, once again chasing cactus colors: strawberry hedgehog cactus on spiky gray columns, pale yellow pencil cholla flowers at sunset. I’ll return in May to see ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What was once the world’s largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources. Meanwhile, ...

Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas is home to one of the nation's largest rooftop solar arrays. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) High above the Las Vegas Strip, solar panels blanketed ...

Oakland's BrightSource Energy Inc. said this week that it has scrapped a controversial plan to build a major solar thermal power plant in eastern Mojave Desert wilderness that Democratic Sen. Dianne ...

On Sunday at 9:20 p.m. the NWS Hanford CA issued an updated freeze watch valid from Monday 7 p.m. until Tuesday 9 a.m. The ...