Lorayne Meltzer has lived along the Gulf of California for 30 years. As an ecologist and director of a binational field ...

Las Arenitas is an artificial oasis that recycles used water from the border city of Mexicali to regenerate ecosystems in the ...

Modern Luxury San Diego reveals its 2025 Travel Award winners. Let the vacation begin! The Lafayette Hotel & Club in North ...

The climate type in much of California ... Baja California, Mexico); the Mediterranean region itself; and the subtropical south or west coasts of Chile, South Africa, and Australia. All of these areas ...

Rattlesnakes are the only native venomous snakes in California. Here's where they live and what to do if you are bitten.

Saharan mustard threatens desert plant diversity and hampers recovery from climate fluctuations. Once believed to be ...

Once thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan ...

LOS ANGELES -- Dozens of marine animals, including an unprecedented ... A map from the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System shows the high amount of domoic acid at the center of ...

New research shows its spread is disrupting biodiversity and reducing the desert's ability to recover from extreme climate swings. The seed bank—a reservoir of dormant seeds that resides in the ...