Native edible trees and plants have a bounty of benefits to the desert and the people living in it. The trees and plants ...

Explore the rugged terrain and rare plants at one of Arizona's newest and barely visited national monuments, a serene cactus ...

these towering plants have come to represent America's arid desert regions as a whole. For many travelers, the go-to place to witness these incredible cacti is Saguaro National Park in Arizona.

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran ...

A Harris's antelope squirrel amongst the spines of the cholla cactus, where it painstakingly ... comical heat dumping behaviour in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, the crew had to be very aware of ...

The Desert Botanical Garden, an oasis nestled among the red rocks of Papago Park, turns 86 in February. The idea for a desert garden came from a small group of Valley-based advocates in the 1930s.