How rescues work. The vast majority of people who request medical aid in Death Valley do it because they get overheated. If you’re feeling unwell and are within cell phone range, call 911 for help.

Not too long ago, I took a two-day trip to California's largest National Park: Death Valley.The plan was simple: drive-in, take some pictures and check this park off my ever-growing list of places ...

Death Valley National Park’s harsh desert environment does kill, but Timbisha Shoshone tribal members say it’s really a place about life. ... Long before it became a national park in 1994, ...

In California’s boom-and-bust climate, Death Valley has offered some of the strangest scenes over the past few years. Some of the area’s perennial creosote bushes died back during a severe ...

Visitors normally flock to Death Valley National Park to feel the searing heat and take in the barren landscape. This fall, they’ve been drawn by a different natural feature: water.