The planning process for two wildlife crossings will begin in the California desert thanks to a $5.5 million state-funded ...

Two wildlife crossings in the Mojave Desert will hit the drawing board thanks to a $5.5 million state-funded grant.

A court order is forcing BLM to close more than a third of the West Mojave Route Network. Off-roaders have weeks to find out ...

“OHV use in the (western Mojave) area is a significant ongoing cause of harm to the desert tortoise, and closures to areas of OHVs is beneficial to desert tortoise survival,” Illston’s nine-page order ...

Clinton Hart Merriam was one of the most famous American naturalists of his time: a mammologist, ornithologist, ethnographer, ...

Hopefully this court order will help the desert tortoise population rebuild, to regain the delicate natural balance of the ...

Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument in Riverside and Imperial counties. Chuckwalla National Monument was established in mid-January by outgoing ...

The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for their survival on the burrows it digs. But it is imperiled in California ...

Death Valley and the Mojave Desert face a triple threat of flash floods, extreme heat, and wildfire risk. Monsoonal storms combined with moisture from Hurricane Lorena are creating unstable weather ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mojave River began rising in the High Desert after water was released from Silverwood Lake during recent storm activity in the ...

Good morning and happy Wednesday, Kern County. A shake up in our weather pattern the next two days will cause winds to pick ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument in Riverside and Imperial counties.