"Citizen scientists" in southern Arizona who have been documenting bat activity in their own yards helped the U.S. Fish and ...

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

In the Sonoran Desert, surrounded by five mountain ranges and 350 days of sunshine, lies Tucson where native edible plants ...

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

A deep freeze has some green-thumbed enthusiasts worried their plants will freeze over but Valley nurseries are providing tips to protect one of Arizona's prized Five C's.

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 ...

Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world. The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the desert at the western edge ... as conservation chair for the Tucson-based Arizona Native Plant Society. For almost two decades, this 18-acre ...

Across the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's 98 acres, you'll find 230 animal species – including hummingbirds, coyotes and string rays – along with 1,200 local plant species. Next to the ...