Protecting two different desert ecosystems, Joshua Tree National Park is minutes from Palm Springs. Conveniently located off Interstate 10, this is an easy national park to drive through. So you can explore this site on a road trip when you drive one way through the park.

The Phoenix Valley's eastern high terrain could see wind gusts exceed 50 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

The area that is now Joshua Tree National Park wasn’t always a desert. During the Great Ice Age, also known as the Pleistocene Epoch, there were rivers and lakes as well as Columbian mammoths ...

President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California, in part to honor two tribes.

President Joe Biden officially announced the creation of a national monument south of Joshua Tree National Park today. The Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California creates the largest corridor of protected lands in the continental United States,

In the face of threats of climate change and habitat loss, a new national monument will protect critical habitat, promote equitable access to nature, and preserve the desert's rich cultural history.

President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California in part to honor two tribes.

The Chuckwalla National Monument would protect public lands in southeastern California and is supported by Arizona tribes.

The area would protect public lands south of Joshua Tree National Park, spanning the Coachella ... which would border Mexico and Arizona. Tribal leaders have also called for the Chuckwalla ...