The California Golden Poppy adds a rich luster to the countryside each spring and then disappears for another year.

These are the best places to see California's wildflowers this spring, including Antelope Valley, Lake Tahoe, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Death Valley, and Joshua Tree.

With silver-tinged furry leaves that grow in a rosette and occasional bright yellow flowers topping slender stalks, the plant is a charismatic example of the hardiness of species adapted to the harsh ...

A Las Vegas man suspected in a series of shootings, spanning 90 miles from Nevada to the Mojave Desert in Southern California, shot and wounded a gas station clerk, a man sleeping in a car and a ...

Many area residents know Mojave Max from his annual emergence contest, where elementary school students participate in the Punxsutawney Phil-esque tradition of guessing when the desert tortoise ...