Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting ...

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

The fast-growing perennial from Africa and Asia was introduced to Arizona in the 1930s ... into a major threat to the desert ecosystem by crowding out native plants and fueling once-rare wildfires ...

The Arizona Lottery is partnering with the Desert ... 140-acre space to view and learn about desert plants, the Desert ...

Many desert plants are built to protect their water stores, and none are better defended than the cactus. Filming in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, can be a painful experience, especially when ...

A sun-swept corner of the Painted Desert draws more than 600,000 visitors ... Scientists have identified several hundred species of fossil plants and animals in Petrified Forest.

If there’s any plant that symbolizes the Mojave Desert, it is probably the Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). This unmistakable ...