Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

As part of our summer series, we're taking you to fun places around town that you can get to on just one tank of gas.

These giant cactuses, icons of the Sonoran Desert and the Southwest, can grow up to 50 feet tall and live for about 200 years ...

The superstar of the Sonoran Desert is the saguaro cactus ... I feel certain President Roosevelt would want us to protect these icons of the desert just as we do redwoods and sequoias.

The superstar of the Sonoran Desert is the saguaro cactus ... I feel certain President Roosevelt would want us to protect these icons of the desert just as we do redwoods and sequoias.

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 ...

The federal government has agreed to consider whether the Sonoran desert tortoise, a Southwest icon whose population has declined by half in the past 20 years, warrants protection under the ...

An American desert icon is dying off in the southwestern United ... The saguaro cactus is synonymous with the Sonoran Desert, the region where it grows best. The slow-growing species is hardy ...

As people turn to psychedelic drugs to treat depression and anxiety, the Sonoran Desert toad has become a target of poachers who milk them for DMT. A pair of Sonoran Desert toads, Incilius ...

Human-caused climate change driven primarily by the burning of fossil fuels is robbing the Sonoran Desert of the conditions needed to help baby saguaro take root and thrive. So, as the desert ...