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Joshua Trees Bloom Early, Scientists Need Your Photos
Joshua trees across the Mojave Desert are flowering months ahead of schedule, and researchers are asking nature lovers to help solve the mystery. Your smartphone photos could help save these iconic desert plants and their tiny moth partners.