Death Valley's extremes aren't limited to heat. A lesser-known hazard can rise fast from distant storms, reshaping canyons ...

On Oct. 31, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the California Desert Protection Act, establishing Death Valley and Joshua ...

The weekend event will feature educational presentations, live music, and historical themed mining activities.

Little-understood groundwater flows and mining in this desert region don’t mix — a complexity some feel is lost on a federal ...

Then there’s Death Valley, a desert that claims the world-record high of 134 degrees and bears geographic names like Hells ...

As the federal shutdown continues into its fourth week, travelers may be wondering whether the country’s national parks are open and if visiting puts undue strain on the treasured public lands. Here’s ...

Roughly a quarter of the national park’s more than 1 million visitors go there in June, July and August, when temperatures soar. Why? Roughly a quarter of the national park’s more than 1 million ...

Some short-term rental owners in the small town of Pahrump, Nevada, a gateway community east of Death Valley National Park, ...

Ray Estrada's 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas' scorching summers, but he'd always wanted to experience the heat in one of the Earth's hottest places. So Estrada recently drove him to Death ...

Death Valley saw a quarter of its annual rainfall in one night, prompting road closures throughout the park, officials say. After the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario rolled through Death Valley ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Ray Estrada’s 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas’ scorching summers, but he’d always wanted to experience the heat in one of the Earth’s hottest places. So ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Ray Estrada's 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas' scorching summers, but he'd always wanted to experience the heat in one of the Earth's hottest places. So ...