Although the title to the little book alluded only to the distinctive verdure, Don Admiral’s “Desert of the Palms” included all sorts of natural history. Admiral himself was a naturalist and likely ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Spring in Colorado is colloquially known as shoulder season (or mud season), as folks come off the slopes and wait for the snow to melt and alpine ...

A destination mountain bike celebration is returning to the western Colorado desert. Fruita's three-day Fat Tire Festival is kicking off May 12 for a full weekend of live music, food, beer and, most ...

DESERT CENTER, Calif.—Solar farms stretch out mile after mile along Interstate 10 around Palm Springs, creating one of the densest areas of solar development in North America in the heart of ...

The nation's newest national park is opening in Colorado. The Great Sand Dunes is an American Sahara left behind by 12,000 years of southwesterly winds at the base of the Rockies. NPR's Renee Montagne ...

You know when Wile E. Coyote runs off that cliff and he hangs in the air, magically suspended for a while until he realizes what’s about to occur? Only then does he plummet. Well, Colorado energy ...

This episode explores the mystery of the vanishing Colorado River Delta. Once a lifeline for the American Southwest, it's now a shadow of its former self. What happened? Outdated water laws? Excessive ...