RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A Rio Rancho neighborhood is mourning the loss of a massive Joshua Tree after Saturday’s storm destroyed it. “We moved into this house in the 1990s and we just ...

Twentynine Pines in the California desert, as well as Joshua Tree National Park, were placed under a warning for ...

For the Joshua tree — a wild and whimsical internationally ... “It’s really a lot to take in,” a firefighter who traveled from New Mexico told the Los Angeles Times then, looking around ...

The eastern Joshua tree has a smaller range closer to the California-Arizona border. WildEarth Guardians, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, first petitioned to list ...

A sweeping new conservation plan aims to ensure the survival of the Western Joshua tree The iconic species ... Nevada, Utah and Mexico. Across most of their range, they’re one of the few tall ...

The Chihuahua Desert spans from West Texas through New Mexico and into Arizona. The Great Basin Desert runs from Oregon to Nevada and Utah. Joshua Tree National Park is at the intersection of the ...

“I think I was reading something that was like, ‘Fuck Joshua Tree, go to this place.’” Chuckwalla National Monument's Painted Canyon, as seen from the desert floor on Jan. 27, 2025. (Sam ...

they’re a dead giveaway that a movie scene wasn’t filmed in Texas or New Mexico. But Joshua trees aren’t trees at all — they’re succulents. Mormon immigrants are credited with naming the ...

In the face of threats of climate change and habitat loss, a new national monument will protect critical habitat, promote equitable access to nature, and preserve the desert's rich cultural history.