For 500 miles, I’d driven south, air conditioner blasting, radio on. When I arrived at the desert field station and stepped ...

It was early January, and the toyon sapling I’d planted the week before wasn’t nearly old enough to produce fruit. So I asked a friend if I could collect a handful of berries from a plant on their ...

It’s chilly at dawn in the desert, even though blazing heat will arrive before midday. To the east, stark outlines of cactus and thorny trees stand against the growing light. And on all sides, the air ...

LOS ANGELES — What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources. Meanwhile, ...

Imagine a scene in a movie about the Old West, where the characters are in a desperate search for water in the desert, stumbling across a barren landscape under a scorching sun, and carrying an empty ...