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 ...

‘“It’s 108 [expletive] degrees and I’m out here taking pictures?!?”’ SHOSHONE, Calif. – My trip to Death Valley did not go according to plan. It was nothing so dramatic as a scorpion in my sleeping ...

Death Valley’s wildlife beats the odds in a place defined by extremes. The hottest, driest, and lowest landscape in the ...

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 ...

Lake Manly hasn’t been a permanent fixture in Death Valley since the Ice Age, but recently, it has reappeared. Record rainfall at the California site has allowed enough water to collect in the ancient ...

But there’s plenty of weird science, quirky history and plain fun in these 3.4 million acres of dry lake beds, towering dunes and wind-scoured mountains, which have been a national park since only ...

Lake Manly seen in the distance at Death Valley National Park in Dec. 2025. (NPS/S.Sanford) California's Death Valley National Park just experienced its wettest November on record, resulting in a rare ...

You’ve probably already heard of Death Valley and it’s extreme accolades – the lowest, hottest, and driest place in North America, the largest national park in the United States, and the film set for ...

The real Death Valley is an actual Mojave Desert valley in eastern California, so named when prospectors perished there during the California Gold Rush of 1849. It has a case as the hottest place on ...