The Maturango Museum serves as the cultural heart of Ridgecrest, showcasing the area’s natural history, Native American heritage, and military connections. Their petroglyph tours to nearby Little ...

Get away from it all and enjoy easy hikes, nature, and history in an unexpected place: the Desert National Wildlife Refuge ...

Bakersfield offers some of the most affordable day trip options in all of California. Most attractions cost less than $15 per person. That keeps your total well under the $60 budget. The city sits in ...

This left a gap in the fossil record, but Petrified Forest National Park didn’t get its name for nothing: The volcanic ash that burst from California’s Mojave Desert ended up in northeast Arizona’s ...

In early springtime in the Mojave Desert, Joshua trees provide one of the few foods available to many of the wildlife species ...

Scientists recently used long-term data to understand the mustard’s effects on native plant communities on sand dunes in the Mojave Desert.

This desert oasis in Southern California is more than just a vacation spot—it’s a destination that captures the imagination with its stunning landscapes, iconic mid-century modern architecture, and a ...

Every year, Jackie Huggins returns to Carnarvorn Gorge – her mother’s Country, and one of six sites selected for the deep history digital project, Marking Country.

With three floors of prehistoric fun, the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa is keeping things cool this summer with special programs, events and a new exhibition called ‘Thrive.’ ...