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

Their psychedelic and other potentially mind-bending compounds didn't evolve to give people a trip. ... The Sonoran Desert toad can alter your mind — it’s not the only animal.

At the same time, he never neglected his mandate to convert the native people to Catholicism. Though Kino’s Sonoran missions depended on the labor of indigenous populations, he was deeply ...

We’ve been ringing the alarm bells in order to get attention, in order to get money and policy changes that we need before it ...

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 ...

For those who live in the Sonoran Desert, familiar saguaros stand sentinel in established neighborhoods. Their imagery decorates all manner of souvenirs, and people grow attached to individual ...

As the transplanted cacti take root in this hotter, drier Sonoran Desert, the people who put them in the ground watch carefully—documenting every step, photographing these sites as they recover.

Valley fever is a fungal disease found primarily in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. A new study published in JAMA Network ...

The desert “erases people: ... The Sonoran Desert bridges Northern Mexico and the southern United States and covers approximately 100,000 square miles, a surface area larger than the United Kingdom.

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.

Smoking the Sonoran desert toad's secretions causes euphoria and strong auditory hallucinations, says the Oakland Zoo. Possessing the toad's poison, known as bufotenin, is illegal in California ...