The Mojave National Preserve features gigantic, singing sand dunes, which have existed for thousands of years, and they are ...

Imagine standing in the heart of a sun-scorched desert. The wind hushes, the world holds its breath, and suddenly, a deep, ...

Its 1.6 million acres contain spectacular examples of three out of four North American desert ecosystems: Sonoran, Mojave and Great Basin. It has elevations ranging from 800 to almost 8,000 feet above ...

Top Mojave fringe-toed lizard speeds have been clocked at 23 miles per hour — no small feat on loose, windblown sand dunes. These lizards plunge into the sand to hide from enemies, yet there they lie ...

Covering more than 25 million acres — about a fourth of California — the geologically diverse California Desert Conservation Area includes sand dunes, canyons ... and establishing the 1.6-million-acre ...