A rare desert plant shows benefits of sustainability efforts at a large solar array in the Mojave Desert

Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to ...
CNN

Iconic Joshua trees burned by massive wildfire in Mojave Desert

A massive fire burning through the desert in California and southern Nevada has scorched tens of thousands of acres in a biodiverse national preserve and torched its iconic Joshua trees. The York Fire ...
LAist

Wildfires Were Rare In The Mojave Desert. A Record-Breaking Fire Shows Why That's Changing

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. More than 77,000 acres of desert ...
PBS

Mojave Desert wildfire threatens California’s iconic Joshua trees

Firefighters are working to control a massive blaze that swept through the California desert and into Nevada. A wildfire of this scale is not common in the Mojave Desert landscape, known for its ...
The Desert Sun

When do yucca plants bloom in the desert?

From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2019. On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca.
Los Angeles Times

How large fires are altering the face of California’s Mojave Desert

MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. — The Kousch House stood in the Mojave Desert for nearly a century — first as the residence of a prominent homesteader, then as testament to humanity’s ability to ...