THE VEGETATION IS DESCRIBED AS DESERT SCRUB WITH A MIXTURE OF SHRUBS LIKE ... JOSHUA TREES START OUT LIFE AS A SMALL, BLACK SEED, VERY THIN AND MAYBE A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER.

When ranchers leave the land, what version of nature takes over? The park and The Nature Conservancy have ambitious ...

The grant will fund the first phase of restoration work on 28 acres of the defunct Mesquite Golf Course, which Oswit Land ...

One of my happiest of happy places is an asphalt ribbon on a mile-high ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains called the Cherohala ...

Sandgrouse are birds of desert and dry scrub, their mottled brown plumage camouflaging them ... They are found throughout Africa and central Asia where they feed mainly on seeds. They may have to fly ...

I took a drive to Phoenix, Arizona, just a week into May to see my son and his family. What made it a phenomenal drive was that much of the desert in both ...

But the state is more than its desert scrub. There are the spire-like slot canyons of Cathedral Gorge, the snowy ranges of the Ruby Mountains, and the stargazing solitude of Great Basin National Park.

For No. 1 seed Bear River and No. 2 seed Desert Hills, it just meant they had to wait a little longer to officially book their place in the state championship series — which they eventually did.

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The Seminoles earned the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament but figure to have some tough competition, though. No. 2 seed Clemson went 19-5 in ACC play ...

A pay phone on a stick, jammed into the Arizona desert scrub. Now there’s a signifier for an era. But so is a 1970 Plymouth Duster – hood scoop, two-door, fastback; raspberry red with black ...

Chia seed water is a drink that contains water, soaked chia seed, and sometimes other ingredients, such as lemon juice. Some people claim it has health benefits. Chia seed are a good source of ...

Our list of the best botanic gardens in Southern California spans Santa Barbara to San Diego and includes gardens everyone ...