Soon I’ll trek into the Mojave Desert, once again chasing cactus colors: strawberry hedgehog cactus on spiky gray columns, pale yellow pencil cholla flowers at sunset. I’ll return in May to see ...

A Cactus Mouse sticks its head out of a rock crevice. Use of these kinds of microhabitats during the day buffered small mammals from exposure to climate change and resulted in community stability over ...

In the desert, obtaining moisture is everything. Almost everything wants it and those that have it (like cactus) set up ...

The Colorado Desert is hotter and drier than the western section of the park that lies in the southern part of the Mojave Desert. Joshua Tree National Park offers more than we can describe here, but ...