NPCA answers frequently asked questions about the latest attempt by Cadiz Inc. to drain the Mojave Desert’s groundwater for profit.

From the Mojave Desert to bases around the world, the U.S. Air Force’s 461st Flight Test Squadron has helped turn early ...

Public lands in the California desert are filled with privately owned parcels.

The desert tortoise was first listed as threatened in 1990.

A federal judge has prohibited off-road vehicle use in critical habitat for desert tortoises in California’s western Mojave ...

Nearly 1,000 national park employees were laid off ahead of the busy season as part of President Trump's efforts to downsize the federal government. National park employees receive emails from the ...

Mojave National Preserve officials are continuing their efforts to protect endangered desert tortoises from vehicles with the installation of dozens of miles of roadside "tortoise fencing" in tortoise ...

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

Water was released from Silverwood Lake, causing the Mojave River to rise across the High Desert. The Mojave River, which typically flows underground, was seen flowing in Hesperia, Apple Valley, and ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...