Fearing mass firings, scientists made a choice that could have lasting repercussions.

On the Nevada side of Death Valley, miles north of the park's main entrance, it seems like there is nothing but desert, dust, and highway. You won't see them if you aren't looking for them, but if you ...

Following a closure that extended over several years, Titus Canyon Road has been temporarily opened in Death Valley National ...

DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, Calif. — Little-understood groundwater flows and mining in this desert region don’t mix — a complexity some feel is lost on a federal administration focused on “energy dominance ...

Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Death Valley National Park were the only Nevada locations on John Foy & Associates' study of the 10 most dangerous national parks in the United States. Lake Mead ...

It’s a menacing name, and not one that all who love it agree with. Saying Death Valley National Park out loud conjures up images of an environment as extreme as the reality: hot, dry and deadly desert ...

A storm swept through Death Valley National Park over the weekend in dumping more than a quarter of the park’s average annual rainfall in a single day and forcing the closure of several major roads, ...

It was once a boomtown filled with prospectors drawn by the promise of copper and lead riches. But now what’s left of Leadfield – a ghost town in Death Valley National Park about 22 miles west of ...