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 ...

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

Since the fig forms its fruit on shoots that start to grow in the spring, it can be radically pruned in the winter without ...

A rare desert plant is flourishing at a solar farm near Las Vegas, a new study finds.

California-based berries and stone fruit expert Family Tree Farms is injecting new life into its executive leadership team.

Shallow dishes crowded with tiny, drought-resistant plants in shades of green, red and purple are pretty much all most people ...

The date shake, a blend of dates and ice cream, originated in the 1930s in California’s Coachella Valley and became a symbol ...