Editor’s note: This road trip was taken before the coronavirus pandemic. However, road trips are are becoming surprisingly popular during the lockdown era, as gas prices drop and families spend more ...

Cell service cuts out not long after you peel off the pavement. It’s a friendly reminder that this is a remote chunk of the Mojave Desert and if your vehicle dies out here—so might you. If you’re ...

The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for their survival on the burrows it digs. But it is imperiled in California ...