Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten flowers to endangered crops.

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 ...

China has quietly developed a man-made forest in the Gobi Desert that is now producing high-quality rubber for military and industrial use.

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 ...