A fire that burned 170 acres of Joshua Tree National Park at the end of April likely wouldn't have spread more than a quarter-acre before 1965. The culprit? A combination of air pollution, drought, ...

Ornamental grasses are becoming more and more popular in desert landscapes. Their fine-textured foliage and flower plumes provide an attractive contrast with the bold forms of aloes, agaves and cacti.

A two-year renovation project at Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, the oldest 18-hole course in the desert, was about more than just swapping out older generations of grass for newer grass.

The Sonoran Desert is not what it used to be. Over the past century, invasive grasses have spread across the region and transformed the landscape from the familiar diverse desert to more of an arid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors take in the free water show at the Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip. Despites its reputation for excess, Las Vegas ...

Field researchers studying the Golmud Solar Park in China’s Gobi Desert have documented measurable shifts in air temperature, humidity, surface albedo, and soil biology inside the photovoltaic arrays ...

This week, The Wall Street Journal’s Mansion section is rolling out stories from our special desert living issue. Check out stories like this one on homeowners designing properties to beat the heat ...