On the Nevada side of Death Valley, miles north of the park's main entrance, it seems like there is nothing but desert, dust, and highway. You won't see them if you aren't looking for them, but if you ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — If you’ve felt the ground shaking in Las Vegas recently, you’re not alone. A swarm of earthquakes originating in Death Valley has rippled through the area, raising concerns about ...

It’s a menacing name, and not one that all who love it agree with. Saying Death Valley National Park out loud conjures up images of an environment as extreme as the reality: hot, dry and deadly desert ...

An easy two-hour drive west of Las Vegas, Death Valley can be experienced in numerous ways – as a day trip from the city or with an overnight at one of several accommodations inside the park. My ...

It was once a boomtown filled with prospectors drawn by the promise of copper and lead riches. But now what’s left of Leadfield – a ghost town in Death Valley National Park about 22 miles west of ...

Between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago, when ice covered the Sierra Nevada, a lake 100 miles long and 600 feet deep sat in eastern California in what is now the Mojave Desert. As the climate warmed and ...

DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, Calif. — Little-understood groundwater flows and mining in this desert region don’t mix — a complexity some feel is lost on a federal administration focused on “energy dominance ...

Despite its outsized reputation as a place of scorching temperatures and endless abandonment, Death Valley National Park is actually fairly hospitable — most of the time, anyway. The nearly ...

Somewhere around Towne Pass, elevation 4,956 feet, the tractor trailer’s brakes started to squeal and sputter. Descending through Death Valley National Park in the predawn hours, the big rig — with ...

An ancient lake that thrived during the last Ice Age has reemerged in California's Death Valley National Park, after a record spell of rainfall hit the area, the National Park Service said. Informally ...