Yoder and his fellow researchers used more than 10,200 images of Joshua trees gathered from iNaturalist to train machine learning models to predict flowering from annual weather records.

Joshua trees are thought to need a winter freeze to bloom. Because their wood is lightweight, soft and brittle, many Joshua trees in the Antelope Valley were cut down in the early days of Hollywood ...

Additionally, a pastel-dotted landscape of spring blooms hides between a landscape of Joshua trees, California Junipers, Pinyon Pine Woodland, and Desert Chaparral, encouraging hikers to pay attention ...

The best time to visit Joshua Tree National Park is March to May and ... February and at higher elevations in March and April. The flowers draw in hordes of tourists eager to see their beauty.