But younger juniper trees that dominate the Central Oregon High Desert are somewhat more controversial. Their explosive growth and march eastward over the past century threatens to crowd out ...

The desert mistletoe is a common perennial found in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, locations that are less than 4,000 feet (1,220 meters) in elevation.

The Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend National Park was recently named one of the best trails in the world. It offers stunning ...

In this video, I explore the California juniper (Juniperus californica), which thrives in the arid terrains of southern ...

Long life: Juniper trees can live 1,640 years and a patriarchal juniper at Fort Rock is believed to be Oregon's biggest, measuring 5 1/2 feet in diameter and standing 64 feet tall.

Around the corner, a large juniper tree showed signs of “severe decline,” Schilling said, with dead, brown leaves still adorning withered branches — evidence that the heat damage was recent.

All evacuation orders, warnings and road closures have been lifted for the Juniper Fire, which first erupted Monday morning near Mead Valley. The fire was at 755 acres on Wednesday morning, according ...

CALIENTE, Nev. — When Varlin Higbee eyes the scrubby forest of pinyon pines and juniper trees that fill the high desert outside this old Union Pacific Railroad town, there’s just one thought ...

Trees of an oak-juniper woodland flourish near a pool at an altitude of about 4,300 feet in the Catalina Mountains. photos by Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star ...

Some of the Southwest’s most iconic desert trees are running for their lives in what could be a grim harbinger for more temperate ecosystems across the West. A study in Functional Ecology offers ...

Around the corner, a large juniper tree showed signs of “severe decline,” Schilling said, with dead, brown leaves still adorning withered branches — evidence that the heat damage was recent.