This week on a special desert plants episode of Arizona Illustrated…how a “nature nerd” turned his passion into a career advocating for the Sonoran Desert; the unknown origins and ...

The Sonoran Desert is the most biodiverse desert in the world. It’s home to plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere ...

I took a drive to Phoenix, Arizona, just a week into May to see ... The answer to that was all around and dazzling because desert plants are programmed to race to make seeds and buds and flowers.

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 ...

So what's happening, and why are Arizona Saguaros so stressed ... "But it's certainly a truth that even these beautifully-adapted desert plants have their limits." Information for this story ...

In landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use under a microscope, a new inland desert fish farm is growing barramundi, a tropical species native to Australia. (AP Video: ...