“I never did learn how to spell—but I did learn the typersetter’s rule—‘Set up the type as long as you can hold your breath without turning blue in the face, then put in a comma. When you gape (sic), ...

A lawsuit alleged the U.S. Forest Service failed to protect an endangered desert mouse from cattle grazing in the Sacramento Mountains that could imperil the animal’s habitat and lead to its ...

John Johnson covers California's central coast region for The Times I know people who are passionate about the desert. People who wax romantic about its withered plants and the scabrous creatures that ...

In the Mojave Desert of the western United States, the adorable desert woodrat fills its stomach with deadly poison. This rodent feeds on the creosote bush, a low-lying shrub whose leaves are covered ...

“I never did learn how to spell—but I did learn the typersetter’s rule—‘Set up the type as long as you can hold your breath without turning blue in the face, then put in a comma. When you gape (sic), ...