Monkeys are not from California. They’re not even visiting snowbirds. But a few have settled nicely into a space customized to their simian preferences.

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 ...

Far from China’s traditional tropical plantations, researchers have turned to the Gobi Desert as ...

Joshua trees look timeless, which makes early blooms feel almost harmless at first glance. Scientists see something more specific: a signal that environmental cues may be shifting in ways that can ...

It’s always useful to keep in mind that when we buy a certain variety of fruit tree we are the beneficiaries of clonal propagation; that is, the fruit we harvest is coming from canopy growth (called a ...

Most think of shallow dishes crowded with tiny, drought-resistant plants when it comes to succulents gardening. But why not ...