California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development A view of the Milky Way is framed by Joshua trees at Joshua Tree National Park.

In the end, the western Joshua tree doesn't get listed, so the California legislature stepped in. And just last week, it passed a first-of-its-kind law that protects them.

In a report released Wednesday, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife recommended against listing the western Joshua tree as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act ...

In California’s Joshua Tree National Park, only 0.02% of habitat for its namesake plant will be livable by 2100, according to research led by Lynn Sweet, a plant ecologist at the University of ...

It’s Thursday, April 14, and I’m your guest host, Sarah Parvini. I’m writing from Los Angeles. California’s famed Joshua trees aren’t threatened with extinction, according to state ...

California lawmakers are considering listing the western Joshua tree as an endangered species. The state feels this will make it harder for residents to remove the trees.

Reset Hotel, five minutes from Joshua Tree National Park, opened yesterday. It's the first new-build hotel in the area in 15 ...

A fire-ravaged Joshua Tree is silhouetted against a smoky sky from the Bobcat Fire on September 19, 2020 in Juniper Hills, California. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California won’t be listing the iconic western Joshua tree as a threatened species for now after the four-member Fish and Game Commission couldn’t reach agreement on how ...

Life sometimes has a way of complicating the process of making a record, which is never an easy task to begin with. So it was ...

The western Joshua tree will remain a protected species after the California Fish and Game Commission failed to come to a majority decision on Thursday on whether the iconic plant should be listed ...