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 ...

Madena Asbell, director of plant conservation programs at the Mojave Desert Land Trust, collects seeds to preserve desert plants after the winter's historic rains, Wednesday, June 12, 2023, in the ...

After flames destroyed 1.3 million Joshua trees in Mojave National Preserve, biologists began replanting seedlings. But many have died, and now another fire has torched more of the iconic succulents.

Disheveled, gangly, the Joshua tree is surely one of the West's strangest — and most recognizable — plants. Named by Mormon pioneers for the prophet Joshua, whose upraised arms pointed to the promised ...

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 ...