Located near both Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon, this Arizona community is an excellent place for outdoor adventures and for ...

Love for Joshua Tree endangers the local life—both people and ecosystems. Love for Joshua Tree endangers the local life—both people and ecosystems. The allure of the high desert has drawn generations ...

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Here's everything you need to know before visiting California's Joshua Tree National Park.

Joshua trees are weird. I say this as an expert on Joshua trees. Joshua trees look weird — their twisty branches end in bouquets of stiff, knife-like leaves, which die back to hang from the branches ...

Their silhouettes are unmistakable: gnarled branches stretched out and up, greeting the desert sky with shocks of spiky leaves. As both a refuge and grocery store for dozens of native species, Yucca ...

An estimated 4 to 11 million Joshua trees grow across Southern California. Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit ...