Ken Layne was at Theatre 29, a space in the town of Twentynine Palms, in the Mojave Desert, conducting a sound check before a live performance of “Desert Oracle,” his late-night radio show and podcast ...

The Mojave River began rising in the High Desert after water was released from Silverwood Lake during the recent storm, ...

If it’s spring, it’s gotta be Mojave Max time in Southern Nevada. Many area residents know Mojave Max from his annual emergence contest, where elementary school students participate in the ...

A lot has changed in the Morongo Basin over the past 15 years. Joshua Tree National Park’s annual visitation has increased from around 1.2 million people in 2006 to nearly 3 million people in 2019.

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Nearly 1,000 national park employees were laid off ahead of the busy season as part of President Trump's efforts to downsize the federal government. National park employees receive emails from the ...

Imagine a scene in a movie about the Old West, where the characters are in a desperate search for water in the desert, stumbling across a barren landscape under a scorching sun, and carrying an empty ...

Part of what makes America beautiful is its special creatures like the prehistoric-looking Mojave desert tortoise, whose survival in Nevada is more dire since a federal grant awarded to protect it ...

The Mojave Desert Preserve is hiring seasonal Biological Science Technicians to assist with desert tortoise conservation. The Mojave desert tortoise was declared endangered in California in 2024 after ...

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