Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits of historic Highway 66 ...

Created by former President Joe Biden just days before he left office, Chuckwalla National Monument will further protect desert habitat in Southern California.

“I thought it was a sea creature or something. “Then the lifeguard came down and they’re like, ‘Everybody out of the water, out of the water,’ and we’re like, ‘What’s that for?

Home to only 150 or so people most of the year, the Salton Sea in southern California—“created by the collision of geology and bad luck”—swells to 4,000 during the winter as people come to escape the ...

Few developments better typify the unique insanity of the current political moment than the ascent of “Big Balls,” a 19-year-old software engineer who briefly worked at Elon Musk’s brain ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

CNN anchor Dana Bash created an instantly-iconic moment when she deadpanned Trump DOGE czar Elon Musk’s new X/Twitter handle — a pun that audibly translates to Hairy Balls. Bash did not miss a ...

Carmel-by-the-Sea, often called Carmel, is a coastal gem in Monterey County, California. Though it is just one square mile, this charming beach town boasts fairytale cottages, pristine white sands ...