Researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville are calling for the invalidation of the hottest near-surface ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Ray Estrada's 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas' scorching summers, but he'd always wanted to experience the heat in one of the Earth's hottest places ...

It’s been particularly hot in Death Valley this summer with temperatures frequently rising to above 120 degrees. A recent heatwave pushed the mercury up to 130 — within striking distance of the ...

Death Valley saw a quarter of its annual rainfall in one night, prompting road closures throughout the park, officials say. After the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario rolled through Death Valley ...

Superintendent Mike Reynolds reviews damage on the north end of Badwater Road.(NPS/Brian Aillaud) One of the hottest and driest places in North America was inundated late last week as moisture from ...

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 ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Ray Estrada's 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas' scorching summers, but he'd always wanted to experience the heat in one of the Earth's hottest places. So ...