And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding.

In Riverside County, Oswit Land Trust was awarded $1.5 million for 642 acres in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains, preserving healthy coastal sage scrub, grasslands, and other habitats ...

Are you looking for succulents that will quickly grow and fill your yard or planter? We have 21 of the fastest-growing ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

Three highly attractive palms are generally considered fire-safe as long as their dry fronds are removed in a timely manner.

A desert native, and high school biology teacher is on a mission to connect her high school students with the beauty and ...

Normally closed to the public, these inspiring gardens have a lot to gawk at. Here's how to check them out on garden tour ...

With summer already setting in slowly, we expect temperatures to rise. This is the time when plants require most of our care.

After receiving less than 10 inches of snow for the entire winter period of December through February, it was such a blessing ...

An international team including engineers from Princeton has devised a way to watch, in stunning detail, as the hollow ...

The world’s oldest shrub was just found in Finland’s tundra. The old-timer is a direct cousin of Arizona’s Junipers found ...