They say every picture tells a thousand stories. And this is a story that went viral a few weeks ago when Basin and Range Watch, a desert environmental advocacy group, tweeted out an image of a map ...

When Roy Richards spotted workers cutting down and shredding Joshua trees for a sprawling solar energy project near his Mojave Desert home last week, he started taking photos. “Once the trees go ...

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Joshua trees, such as this roughly 150- to 200-year-old specimen, are threatened with removal because of a solar project near Boron, Calif. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) It's been a while since we ...

In 2020, the Dome Fire killed more than a million Joshua trees as it ripped across the Mojave National Preserve in California. Now an effort is underway with the help of camels to save the iconic ...

A renewable energy company will soon begin clearing thousands of protected Joshua trees just outside this desert town, including many thought to be a century old, to make way for a sprawling solar ...

Joshua Tree Music Festival — the eclectic, immersive music, art and community experience — returns to the Mojave Desert for its twenty-second spring event May 16-19. Adjacent to the magnificent Joshua ...

It’s been a while since we’ve had such an outpouring for something that doesn’t have to do with Donald Trump: Dozens of readers wrote letters to the editor expressing dismay over the construction of a ...