In one of the hottest landscapes on Earth, a modest desert shrub is quietly rewriting what I thought plants could endure. By ...

Heat-loving plants that thrive in California's Death Valley could hold the key to growing crops in a changing climate.

Life in places like California’s Death Valley pushes everything to its limit. Temperatures rise past 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

In Death Valley’s relentless heat, Tidestromia oblongifolia doesn’t just survive—it thrives. Michigan State University scientists discovered that the plant can quickly adjust its photosynthetic ...

It’s a menacing name, and not one that all who love it agree with. Saying Death Valley National Park out loud conjures up images of an environment as extreme as the reality: hot, dry and deadly desert ...

After hours of driving through the remote and redundant high-desert landscape, Angelenos eager to reach the boundaries of Death Valley often zip straight past two gems on the route to the fabled ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Ray Estrada’s 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas’ scorching summers, but he’d always wanted to experience the heat in one of the Earth’s hottest places. So ...

Despite its notorious reputation as both the hottest place on Earth and the driest location in North America, Death Valley is typically overshadowed by the desert areas closer to Los Angeles. Joshua ...

A small panel managed to extract a glassful of clean water from the bone-dry air of Death Valley in California, which suggests that the device could provide the vital resource to arid regions. The ...

The Amargosa Opera House and Hotel has sought donations from the public to help pay for ‘recovery and stabilization efforts’ ...