A recent death in Death Valley, where a motorcyclist succumbed to extreme heat amid record-breaking temperatures, highlights the perilous nature of one of the four major deserts in North America ...

This video compares the distinct landscapes, climate, and visitor highlights of Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks. From the extremes of Badwater Basin to the iconic Joshua trees and boulder ...

Death Valley's car concerns aren't just relegated to smoking brakes, either. Vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death ...

A recent death in Death Valley, where a motorcyclist succumbed to extreme heat amid record-breaking temperatures, highlights the perilous nature of one of the four major deserts in North America ...

Death Valley, Calif., one of the hottest places in the world, is in bloom with more than 20 species of desert wildflowers. It's the biggest bloom the park has seen in a decade.

Few would guess that poet Sylvia Plath traveled through the Mojave Desert one summer and was inspired to write “Sleep in the ...

A small panel managed to extract a glassful of clean water from the bone-dry air of Death Valley in California, which ...

By killing the desert, we save those parts of the world that are not desert—a battle of competing visions that Death Valley Jim is fighting.

Other animals that have adapted to life in Death Valley are desert tortoises and big horn sheep, though visitors are unlikely to see them. “What you are likely to see are coyotes, road runners ...

Barreling down Nevada Highway 374 toward Death Valley National Park and a lemon drop of a sun, it occurred to me that the principal allure of the desert is that nothing quite normal survives there ...

Jim Mattern, known as Death Valley Jim, was once called the desert's "last best hope." That was before he was convicted of conducting unauthorized national parks tours, and banished from Death ...

Aptly named Furnace Creek Golf Course sits in Death Valley, where temperatures once reached 134 degrees. The Perry Dye redesign should be a cool bucket list play, though, because of its unusual ...