Unchecked growth around Big Bend sparks debate over water — a prelude for Texas
TERLINGUA, Texas (AP) — A plume of dust trailed the pickup truck that drove through a maze of calich...
Deserts
Will there be a ‘superbloom’ this year in California? Here’s what to know
Carpets of yellow, orange and gold flowers are beginning to cover Southern California’s vast deserts...
Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.
JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Behind the barbed wire, the little boy pressed his ink-covered index finger ont...
Phoenix is on the cusp of a new heat record after a 53rd day reaching at least 110 degrees this year
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix is on the cusp of yet another heat record this summer after an additional day...
Phoenix on track to set another heat record, this time for most daily highs at or above 110 degrees
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix, already the hottest large city in America, is poised to set yet another heat...
Tens of thousands still stranded by Burning Man flooding in Nevada desert
BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. (AP) — Tens of thousands of partygoers were still stranded Monday morning in...
Southern California braces for more floods as tropical storm soaks region from coast to desert
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California from the coast to inland mount...
At least 27 migrants found dead in the desert near Tunisian border, Libyan government says
CAIRO (AP) — At least 27 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have died in recent days in the country’s ...