There is several things to do at Saguaro National Park located in Tucson Arizona. Beyond activities, the park itself pro ...

Saguaro National Park has been named one of the most relaxing places in America for visitors seeking a break from screens and ...

There are about 1,800 students enrolled at Goodyear Desert Edge High School, which is basically a 5A Arizona Interscholastic Association number. But, in this age of the competitive high school ...

A principal icon of the American Southwest, the saguaro cactus stands as a large green pillar on the desert horizon, beckoning newcomers to the desert with open “arms.” This icon of Arizona’s ...

There is a specific kind of silence that you only find in the Sonoran Desert. It is not an empty silence but a heavy, ...

The cacti arrive in buckets and cardboard boxes, in truck beds and plastic cups. Some are prickly green knobs smaller than a fist; others are saguaros a few feet tall—miniature versions of the ...

While the Grand Canyon may be Arizona’s most well-known national park, it’s not the only one worth a visit. With 22 total National Park Service monuments, parks, recreation areas, historic sites, and ...

Made to withstand the harsh climate of the desert and thrive in it, the dead and decaying desert plants throughout the Sonoran landscape may be perplexing to those who see it. But even the toughest ...

Amid the utter turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic and a record-hot summer, the area's mighty saguaros were toppling at a rate that alarmed casual observers. In recent years, photos and videos of ancient ...

Geologist Jeff Moore was visiting family in Tucson when he got the idea of adapting tools used to measure earthquakes for the study of saguaro cactuses. Studying the inner structure of a cactus ...

As climate change makes desert summer rains more episodic and crucial winter rain rare, fewer young saguaros are surviving. At Saguaro National Park, drought has killed large numbers of young saguaros ...