About 100 miles outside Las Vegas, deep in a remote patch of desert, is a $19 billion hole in the ground. That's how much it has cost to fight over and build a five-mile test tunnel under Yucca ...

Yuccas are a type of plant with pointed leaves native to parts of southern North America. Indigenous people have used yucca for centuries for its health effects and material properties. There are many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This spiky plant can thrive as a houseplant or part of your garden. Grumpy Cow Studios/Getty Images Yucca plants are exciting ...

In a 6-3 decision, the court said Texas and oil industry interests could not fight the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of the site.

Learn how to make yucca shampoo right at home. Used extensively by native peoples, there are many yucca soap benefits including helping dandruff and hydrating your skin. The various species of yucca — ...

Hoven Riley knew money was tight at his family’s West Texas cotton farm the year his mom asked him to go outside and dig up a yucca elata to use as a Christmas tree. The species, also known as the ...

Since the late '70s, when Yucca Mountain first made the short list of potential waste disposal sites, the DOE has consulted the finest minds in nuclear physics, geology, geochemistry, hydrology, ...

The move comes decades after the department first began studying the site, and six years after President Bush approved its development. The project has spent those years mired in lawsuits and beset by ...

A study sheds light on how extreme weather events impact phenological processes, specifically the flight period of butterflies and moths and the flowering time of plants, with implications for food ...