Dead Vlei, a white clay pan situated near the famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, is in fact the world’s oldest desert. Located in ...

Two farmhouses and the region’s iconic Little Desert Nature Lodge were lost to the flames sparked by dry lightning at Little ...

Katelynn Clark felt certain her home would burn to the ground when a raging bushfire hit the edge of her rural property on ...

The Sahara is often thought of as the driest desert in the world, but there is in fact a desert that is even older and more ...

Southwestern desert birds live on the edge but have adapted over time. Now the evidence suggests they are struggling to adapt to rapid climate change.

Phoenix has had 151 dry days in a row. There has been no measurable rainfall at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ...

In the middle of nowhere, Warrior's Roost surprisingly is one of the many locked treasure chests for you to figure out how to ...

A separate fast-moving fire in Little Desert National Park in the west of the state has torn through almost 65,000 hectares ...

How dry is it in Southern California? See the drought levels and recent rainfall totals for several counties in the region.

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first ...

Nearly 99% of the county is affected by the drought, and it recorded its eighth-driest December in the past 130 years. Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun.