Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument in Riverside and Imperial counties. Chuckwalla National Monument was established in mid-January by ...

The announcement of Chuckwalla National Monument makes historic contributions to conservation in the Southwest. Spanning roughly 18 million acres and stretching 600 miles from Utah to California, the ...

Identifiable by its hefty physique, large triangular head, and distinct scales atop its head between the supraoculars, the Mojave rattlesnake is a master of disguise. Its coloration varies, adapting ...