Cheyenne Ingel, a scientist with the Desert Research Institute, says there’s a lot going on in a tree. She explains that ...

There is a concerted effort across cities in the southwest to plant more trees. For example, Phoenix has launched a "Trees ...

As more and more tree donation organizations pop up in the Mountain West, experts explain trees' abilities to cool the ...

By Maya L. Kapoor In early springtime in the Mojave Desert, Joshua trees provide one of the few foods available to many of ...

A pile of Russian thistle, or tumbleweeds, tangled up under a stand of western Joshua trees on the Transition Habitat ...

This 585,000- acre national park is a wilderness paradise for the plants and animals naturally found in the southern range of the Mojave Desert. Joshua Tree (Image credit: Linda & Dr. Dick Buscher) ...

Homeowners tend to fall into two broad camps when it comes to desert trees. Some believe that constant coddling is necessary to coax them through the triple digits. Others assume ...

The setting sun silhouettes a dried-up Joshua tree. The trees grow only in the Mojave Desert and have become mainstays for movies, fashion shoots, advertising campaigns and more.