Head out to the rural California desert for a day filled with educational talks, stargazing, science activities and more.

Rare marshes critical to voles’ survival are degraded and dying Mojave Desert population down to about 500 amid climate change UC Davis has captive breeding program, but it's not enough Despite the ...

Seven years of carefully planned habitat restoration on private land in the Mojave Desert have yielded hope for the persistence of the endangered Amargosa vole. In early August, a photograph from a ...

Shoshone, California — Rivers are often seen as nature’s lifeline. That is certainly true here, in one of the hottest places on Earth, where life prevails because of a waterway that, for the most part ...

In the heart of the Amargosa Valley, the Amargosa River quietly winds its way through the hottest and driest desert in North America. Though invisible on most maps, this rare desert river is nothing ...

Despite the welcome rains in California this year, the fate of endangered Amargosa voles that depend on rare marshes in the Mojave Desert remains dire, with only about 500 animals remaining in the ...