Nevada's desert landscape is filled with life that is hidden to human eyes. But when conditions are just right, typically ...

A hedgehog cactus grows amongst the boulders near Joshua Tree National Park on land protected by the Mojave Desert Land Trust.

The Colorado Desert in the eastern portion of the park features natural gardens of creosote bush, ocotillo and cholla cactus. The higher, slightly cooler Mojave Desert offers dazzling vistas of Joshua ...

Today’s Mojave Desert, once an ancient sea ... Lower elevations are dominated by creosote bush, brittlebush and hedgehog cactus. This portion of the park serves as home to roadrunners and ...

In the western part of the Sonoran desert, visitors can see Ocotillo cacti, Cholla cacti, or teddy bear cacti. The higher Mojave desert is home to the Joshua Trees, the spiky Seussian-looking ...

He shoved a gloved hand at a Cholla cactus to demonstrate its vicious defences. He stood in a ring of Creosote bushes in the incredibly dry Mojave Desert, exactly where he stood 40 years ago ...