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 ...

There are few national parks as extreme as Death Valley National Park, which straddles the border of California and Nevada. The saltwater flats of Badwater Basin sit well below sea level and face ...

not overheating brakes. But the most recent fire serves as a reminder that it’s not just high temperatures driving the trend — Death Valley reportedly reached a high of just 75 degrees on ...

A truck carrying 44,000 pounds of chickpeas burst into flames while driving through Death Valley National Park ... when its brakes overheated and caused the truck to catch fire at around 5:30 ...

A swarm of earthquakes originating in Death Valley has rippled through the area, raising concerns about the stability of fault lines near the Las Vegas Valley. Seismologists are closely monitoring ...

Firefighters speculated that overheated brakes caused the blaze. Vehicle fires have become an increasingly common problem in Death Valley. Six have happened in the area this year, including two ...

Peter Hayes Robino, 57, was a Los Angeles resident. A second man has died of heat exposure in California's Death Valley National Park this summer, according to the National Park Service.

Thebault has traveled to Death Valley three times during this extraordinary year, kayaking an ephemeral lake, hiking across sand dunes and sweating in record-setting heat. DEATH VALLEY ...

FURNACE CREEK, Calif. — As temperatures swelled to 128 degrees, Death Valley National Park rangers got a call that a group of six motorcyclists were in distress. All available medics rushed to ...

It’s a hotspot in more ways than one. Tourists from all over the world are flocking to Death Valley despite the region’s scorching temperatures — which have resulted in one recorded death.