Little-understood groundwater flows and mining in this desert region don’t mix — a complexity some feel is lost on a federal ...

Death Valley's extremes aren't limited to heat. A lesser-known hazard can rise fast from distant storms, reshaping canyons ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

On 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the California Desert Protection Act, establishing Death Valley and Joshua Tree ...

Fred was the editor-in-chief at VeloNews from 2016 to 2021. Prior to that he was a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New York Times. Fred is the Articles Editor at ...

One of the rarest animals on Earth is slowly rebounding on the rock ledge of a remote water-filled Mojave Desert cavern — the only place where the species has ever been observed. The critically ...

Desert tarantulas aren’t considered poisonous to humans. That doesn’t mean, however, that they can’t be dangerous. A trio of international travelers learned this lesson over the weekend when the brown ...

Superintendent Mike Reynolds reviews damage on the north end of Badwater Road.(NPS/Brian Aillaud) One of the hottest and driest places in North America was inundated late last week as moisture from ...

Brian Dakss is a longtime New York-based editor and writer for CBS News, at the Radio network and with CBSNews.com. He has written and edited for NBC News, Dow Jones and numerous radio stations and ...