American Journal of Botany, Vol. 97, No. 2 (Feb., 2010), pp. 243-250 (8 pages) Extreme climate events are transforming plant communities in the desert Southwest of the United States. Abundant ...

Patterns of recruitment for Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree) were investigated on 3 elevational transects, 1000-2000 m, in the Spring and Sheep Mountain ranges of southern Nevada. Yucca brevifolia is ...

If you took the Truffula tree imagined by Dr. Seuss, added more gnarled arms, and plunked it down in the Mojave Desert, you’d get the Joshua tree. Technically, the plant is known as the Yucca ...

A wildfire in California’s Joshua Tree National Park burned through some 29 hectares (72 acres) of land during the recent ...

In November 2019, visitors to Joshua Tree National Park in California encountered a strange sight. Joshua trees and closely related Mojave yuccas, which normally remain reproductively dormant until ...

Joshua trees face an uncertain future. Scientists warn that without significant climate action, the species could be functionally extinct by 2070 because of climate change.

A Los Angeles federal judge ruled against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to deny Endangered Species Act protections for the Joshua tree. The judge determined the USFWS failed to ...

Brendan Cummings doesn’t need to go far to find a dying signature of Southern California’s desert landscape: He stands on his porch and eyes whole forests of Joshua trees that haven’t produced ...

In a wilderness area at the northwest corner of Joshua Tree National Park, ecologist Lynn Sweet treks across the high desert as raucous pinyon jays swoop overhead. She navigates carefully across the ...

Lovers of the great outdoors, circle this coming Thursday on your calendars. It was on August 25, 1916 that President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the act creating the National Park Service. As you ...