On the drive from Los Angeles to the tiny desert town of Joshua Tree, I'd had the song on constant repeat. Now I'm perched on a bar stool at The Joshua Tree Saloon, a Lynyrd Skynyrd-style drinking ...

What is it? Some think the scraggly branches of the Joshua tree resemble something out of a Dr. Seuss book. Children's books aside, the Joshua tree is a yucca variety that's related to spiky agaves.

and reflect back most of the green – which is why the clusters of piercing leaves at the end of the Joshua tree's branches appear green to the human eye. (It's also why most plants on Earth ...

the high desert trail I was on felt very similar to Joshua Tree National Park. Twisted and gangly branches sprawled out of towering, protected Joshua trees. The desert smell of creosote bushes ...

Known for their gnarly branches and spiky leaves, Joshua trees grow up to 40-feet tall in Joshua Tree National Park. Following spring rainfall, white-green flowers bloom on the ends of their branches.

Jeremy B. Yoder, a Lancaster Mennonite High School graduate, is an associate professor of biology at California State ...

an intentionally placed array of branches. These details mark where hundreds of people are buried underneath the desert floor, the bodies of those who chose a natural site near Joshua Tree ...

“We’re like, ‘Please don’t touch the cholla cactus,’” laughs Kristi Rugg, media branch chief at Joshua Tree. “‘Please be careful when you’re hiking; it gets really hot.’” ...