New research has discovered 16 new desert grasshopper species, revealing their Ice Age-driven isolation and diversification.
The world around us was khaki and brown—a sprawling sea of sand, with tracks carved in the dirt for makeshift roadways.
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In November 2024, voters approved Proposition 479, extending the existing half-cent tax to fund future transportation ...
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Today, most of the meteorite is on display at the California State Minerals and Mining Museum in Mariposa, writes.
Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles ...
Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) An endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of a road at the proposed location of three BrightSource Energy solar-energy generation complexes in the ...
Secret camera shows Safari could not have fed thousands of kids daily, says FBI agent in Feeding Our Future trial What was ... continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands ...