In a small room tucked into the corner of the Mojave Desert Land Trust’s headquarters in Joshua Tree, three nondescript white refrigerators hold the future fate of the desert landscape. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The trees that gave Joshua Tree National Park its name. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The Joshua tree is cherished for its ...

Western Joshua trees in California are increasingly threatened by changing climate conditions, including rising heat, increasing drought, more frequent wildfires, and by expanding renewable energy and ...