Photos of Joshua Tree National Park’s boulder formations, desert plants, trails, scenic views, sunsets, and dark skies in ...

A single Joshua tree's ability to reproduce relies on several precise actions all happening at exactly the right time. First, the Joshua tree's branches flower. Then, the yucca moth (the one and only ...

Southern California’s iconic Joshua trees are flowering months ahead of schedule, baffling scientists and raising fears about the future of the species. The Mojave Desert succulents typically bloom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Joshua tree against a sunset in the high Mojave Desert. (Carlo Allegri / Getty Images) Joshua trees face an uncertain future.

But this year, Joshua trees throughout Southern California have bloomed early, potentially disrupting this precise timeline. Scientists aren’t sure yet what caused the early bloom, or what the impacts ...

To protect the southwest’s iconic Joshua trees, scientists are tinkering with their genetics and searching for climate havens in—and sometimes outside of—their existing habitat. Joshua trees are lit ...

Photographers capturing earlier than expected blooming of the iconic Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert are being asked to share their images with environmental biologists at Cal State Northridge ...

The Black Rock Fire burned 72 acres. Earlier that same year, the Eureka Fire scorched over 200 acres in the Covington Flats area of the park, a higher-elevation region that’s considered crucial ...