The spiky desert succulents typically blossom beginning in late February. But this season, many started growing flowers up to ...

Southern California’s iconic Joshua trees are flowering months ahead of schedule, baffling scientists and raising fears about ...

Joshua trees rely on a single moth species to reproduce.

Joshua trees are jumping the gun on flowering this year, and researchers say the timing glitch could ripple through the Mojave Desert ecosystem. The spiky desert icons, found across California, Nevada ...

Photographers capturing earlier than expected blooming of the iconic Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert are being asked to ...

Joshua trees, the iconic spiky succulents that typically flower between February and April, began blooming in mid-November ...

When it comes to one of California’s most beloved plants, the forecast is dire. Projections suggest that much of Joshua trees’ habitat will become unsuitable by the end of the century as the planet ...

Joshua Tree Trail begins at an opening in the fence behind the parking lot’s large sign for Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness.

Joshua trees are weird. I say this as an expert on Joshua trees. Joshua trees look weird — their twisty branches end in bouquets of stiff, knife-like leaves, which die back to hang from the branches ...

Note: This story is intended to be listened to. Text associated below is simply a transcript of the audio but does include some great visuals. “My name is Kathryn Busby and I’m a wildlife biologist ...

The gangly, spiky plants that grow in the vital and sensitive Mojave Desert can live more than 150 years. But devastating wildfires have left behind millions of charred trees — actually succulents — ...