New research has found that the punishing summer temperatures and persistent drought conditions in much of Arizona and the Southwest are dealing a double whammy to trees attempting to regulate their ...

Wide shot of field of Joshua trees cactus and shadows in dry desert bush - Radomir Svihel/Getty Images Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, pronounced Ah-VEE kwa-meh, is one of America's newest and most ...

A recent study led by a UC Riverside ecologist finds that fungi that help Joshua trees absorb water and nutrients are ...

Where there’s a tree, there’s usually a forest. But not always. A biologist describes some of the loneliest trees on planet Earth. When we think about isolation in nature, we usually picture islands ...

Communities across the U.S. are turning small plots of land into highly dense forests that grow quickly. Turns out these forests have roots to a decades-old planting method that originated in Japan.

If you're fascinated by the twisting, spiky silhouettes of the slow-growing Joshua tree — technically not a tree at all, but part of the Agave family — you've probably already discovered the scenic ...

A woman has spent decades planting trees in the Maowusu Desert in Inner Mongolia to fight desertification. Her long efforts were recognised by the Chinese government in 2000.

Petrified Forest National Park is the only national park in the U.S. with a section of old Route 66. The park is also home to a "rainbow" forest, which has colorful tree fossils that are more than 200 ...

Study area and field photos. (A) Map of the study area showing the land use types and distribution of the ground survey transects (indicated by red lines). (B to D) Photographs of sampling sites ...

An American teacher helped fund a woman's desert tree planting in 1999. Years later, she tracked him down to show what his $5 ...

Bakersfield convenient location makes it an excellent base from which to explore the parks of the Sierra Nevada, high deserts ...