In one of the hottest places on Earth, a vanished Ice Age lake has quietly returned to life. Where most visitors expect a ...

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 ...

An ancient lake reemerged in Death Valley National Park, after the California desert region experienced a period of record ...

Death Valley, one of the driest and hottest places on Earth, is making headlines for an unexpected reason: water. After a record-breaking November rainfall, a shallow lake has reappeared in Badwater ...

A new analysis of July temperatures in Death Valley between 1923 and 2024 suggests the world record near-surface air temperature of 134 F measured in July 1913 may be erroneous. When you purchase ...

In Death Valley, which boasts the record for the hottest temperature on the planet at 134°F, one native species is loving the blistering weather. Tested by the valley’s extreme summertime heat, the ...

Between September and November, Death Valley received 2.4 inches of rain, with 1.8 inches in November alone — breaking a ...

Over 1,000 species of plants and almost 400 animal species thrive within the park, including several not found anywhere else ...

Death Valley is legendarily one of the most extreme places on Earth, with summer temperatures regularly skyrocketing above 120 degrees Fahrenheit. This desert, located in eastern California and ...

A deluge of record rainfall has turned North America’s lowest point back into the lake it was during the Ice Age —even if just for a short moment in time. Thanks to the wettest November on record in ...

Between September and November, 2.41 inches of rain fell -- more than what typically falls in the desert landscape in one year.