The blue oak, an iconic tree found only in California and seen across the state’s inland ranges and hills, is far more vulnerable to climate change than is reflected by its current status on the ...

Backcountry Press has announced the release of “California Trees,” a field guide by botanists and naturalists Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann. This book is more than just an identification manual — ...

After three decades of helping save African forests, Mike Fay, a Wildlife Conservation Soci­ety biologist and National ...

Western Joshua trees in California are increasingly threatened by changing climate conditions, including rising heat, increasing drought, more frequent wildfires, and by expanding renewable energy and ...

In the charred landscapes left behind by the Los Angeles wildfires, a persistent sign of life has transfixed locals: trees. On lots where houses have been reduced to piles of rubble and cars to ...

A sweeping conservation plan identifies where Joshua trees may survive in a warmer future and plots out how to best protect that land. Proponents say it's the first time the state has taken steps to ...