In one of the hottest and driest parts of the world, there is a phenomenon that is most unexpected. At a remote dry lake bed in the world-famous Death.

Start at the Furnace Creek visitor center in Death Valley National Park. Drive 50 miles north on pavement, then head west for another 30 miles on bone-rattling gravel roads. During the drive—which ...

Deep within the unforgiving expanse of the California Desert lies Death Valley, home to one of the world's greatest enduring geological mysteries: the famous Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa. For ...

For more than a century, visitors to a remote California lakebed have stared at long, ruler-straight tracks etched into the mud and wondered how heavy boulders could apparently glide on their own. The ...

For decades, rocks in Death Valley’s Racetrack Playa appeared to move on their own. Scientists have now discovered that thin ...