A group of hikers in California’s Death Valley National Park got an unexpected thrill when they encountered a snow-white tarantula scuttling across a nighttime trail near Furnace Creek. The spider, ...

Situated in a 40-acre detached unit of Death Valley National Park across the Nevada state line, Devil's Hole is a massive cavern filled with freshwater that reaches depths of 500 feet.

When I was four years old, I learned to “breathe underwater” — not by scuba diving in a tropical ocean, but in a sink, my father’s stiff hands forcing me beneath the surface.

For 37 years — in a searing California desert — runners from across the globe have embarked on a 135-mile race through one of the hottest places ...

Driver Vandalizes Threatened Plants in Death Valley National Park ... Think about the wagon travelers of the mid-1800s—the tracks can still be found in the desert southwest over 150 years later. ...