More than 77,000 acres of desert landscape have burned over the past few days in the York Fire, the largest on record for the Mojave National Preserve, as high temperatures and strong winds drove ...

Big fires in the Mojave Desert are “unfortunately becoming a greater concern,” McDonald said. Advertisement “Historically, in general, deserts tended to burn fairly infrequently,” he said.

A family traveling from Las Vegas to LA got stranded in the desert after following Google Maps. Along with several other cars, they were led down an off-road trail. They eventually called 911. In ...

After flames destroyed 1.3 million Joshua trees in Mojave National Preserve, biologists began replanting seedlings. But many have died, and now another fire has torched more of the iconic succulents.

More than 77,000 acres of desert landscape have burned over the past few days in the York Fire, the largest on record for the Mojave National Preserve, as high temperatures and strong winds drove ...