On our long walk through the Escalante region of southern Utah, my friend Brian asked what made this a “desert.” He pointed to lush green cottonwood trees taking root in the cool floodplain ...

The Mojave desert has a song all its own – if you take the time to listen Kelso is one of just seven sand dunes in North America known to 'sing,' and one of the most sonorous ...

THESE PLACES AROUND THE GLOBE OFFER UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER FOSSILS, DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS AND LANDSCAPES THAT WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE DISTANT PAST.

But President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's 50-minute stroll through an estate in the California desert could mark a notable moment in the relationship between the heads of the ...

The Mojave desert has a song all its own – if you take the time to listen Kelso is one of just seven sand dunes in North America known to 'sing,' and one of the most sonorous ...

I had been feeling unmoored, like a tide cut loose from its moon. A sorrow that doesn’t speak, only settles — slow and inevitable — the way dust collects in a long-closed room. I thought maybe a walk ...