A persistent and deadly heat wave is still baking parts of the country. Almost a third of the country, stretching from the Mississippi River across the Southwest to the Pacific Ocean, is sweating ...

Death Valley is one of the most famous desert regions in North America. It currently holds the official world record for the ...

In one of the hottest places on the planet, a modest desert shrub has quietly rewritten what scientists thought plants could survive. The discovery of the most heat-tolerant plant yet found on Earth ...

In the searing heat of Death Valley, California, a small desert shrub, Tidestromia oblongifolia, is able to thrive in temperatures upwards of 120 degrees F (roughly 50 degrees C). A new study reveals ...

Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death Valley National Park, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth's ...

California’s Death Valley could reach a scorching 130 degrees next week and could come close to breaking its blistering world record as parts of the west, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic are under an ...

Death Valley, in California, is among the hottest areas worldwide, and temperature levels during summer often surpass 120ºF.