For some, Ivanpah now stands as a huge, shiny monument to wasted tax dollars and environmental damage. For others, failures ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

Native edible trees and plants have a bounty of benefits to the desert and the people living in it. The trees and plants ...

Rain is forecast for later this week, but Phoenix will need more than one storm to offset months of drought. With parched ...

Why give flowers? Instead, try to take your signifiant other to some of the most stunning gardens in the world. These ...

Experts warn that a “paradigm change” is underway in parts of the Sonoran Desert ... weeds fill the gaps between slow-growing desert plants, carpeting the landscape with fuel.

South Africa has submitted more than 50 species to the Red List of threatened species every year for the past three years from the Richtersveld region alone due to expanding diamond mining, ongoing ...

Researchers analyzed saliva the nocturnal mammals leave behind when sipping nectar from plants and residential hummingbird ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State University scientist has discovered a hopping treasure trove—16 new species of ...

A seawater desalination plant is in Carlsbad ... Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun. Reach her at [email protected].

Could oatmeal tamales, tofu ceviche and other plant-based options be on the menu ... Also in this week's education roundup: Desert Sands Unified School District adopts a land acknowledgment ...

The good news is, it is possible to grow succulents outdoors in certain conditions. It does require slightly different ...