This unmistakable tree-like yucca plant is mostly found in the Mojave Desert of the United States and parts of northwest ...

But much larger and more destructive fires are becoming an almost-year-round concern, as buffelgrass and other invasive weeds fill the gaps between slow-growing desert plants, carpeting the ...

Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.