The city-owned facility added MiniVerde to its Firecliff greens in 2024, hopes do to the same at Mountain View Course soon ...

For the past 15 years, Philip Rundel has been developing this book through his long-term relationship and travels in deserts of the Southwestern United States, northern Chile and southern Africa. His ...

Desert plants — famous for tolerance of torrid landscapes — are dying at an alarming rate due to the twin threats of even hotter temperatures and less rain, according to new research published this ...

I took a drive to Phoenix, Arizona, just a week into May to see my son and his family. What made it a phenomenal drive was that much of the desert in both California and Arizona was receiving ...

Without using LiDAR, the utility discovers how to manage its vegetation management program to reduce risks and improve reliability. Whether power marketing administrations or investor owned, utilities ...

With their tough skins, pointy armor and legendary stamina, cacti are made to defend themselves from whatever nature throws at them. But large solar energy facilities are one threat that cacti weren’t ...

If you’re looking for a change of scenery this spring, California’s deserts offer a unique kind of beauty. While deserts ...

A team of researchers at The University of New Mexico has uncovered how a peculiar, prehistoric plant might unlock new ways ...

California’s biggest wildfire of the year — burning through delicate Joshua tree forests along the California-Nevada border — is an unusual desert blaze being fueled in part by the rapid growth of ...

Recent and subfossil pollen spectra from the Alashan Plateau are presented in order to provide information on desert plant representation and on recent changes in vegetation and climate in this remote ...

The steady decline of plants in Southern California’s portion of the Sonoran Desert — which includes Anza-Borrego Desert State Park — is caused by climate change-driven heat increases, according to a ...

If you're one of the many people who are into succulents, then you know that they are a great plant to have around. They're beautiful, they don't take up much space, and they're relatively easy to ...