The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists have turned to Earth-like planets in other solar systems that may show ...

A walk in the desert and a curious discovery could have revealed that the secrets of alien life grow in the harshest conditions on Earth in the form of lichen.

For years it’s been a barren salt flat. But now, due to floods hundreds of miles away, Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre appears set to fill for only the fourth time in 160 years.

After a successful 2024 event, the Celebrate Life Weekend returns June 27–29 for three days of events that mark the anniversary of the 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe.

Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant to prepare humans for life on Mars.

The animal hospital in Desert Hot Springs closed in 2018, and the city has been without veterinary services since then. The group that runs the Palm Springs Animal Shelter is opening a new clinic ...

High Desert summers require specific gardening techniques due to extreme heat. Try growing these heat-tolerant plants this summer.

Papa Dan's, a Palm Desert pizzeria that was set to reopen July 1, now won't open until closer to fall. The business was destroyed in a fire last year.

Learn why a lichen found in the Mojave Desert has become key evidence in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Jury wanted death, but judge chose life in prison for love triangle murder ‘mastermind' Last June, eight out of 12 jurors recommended a death sentence instead of life in prison for Ysrael Granda ...