Saguaro Park in southeastern Arizona, near Tucson, offers a landscape unlike anything you’ll see elsewhere. The park hosts ...

By analyzing the natural vibrations of a saguaro, scientists can study the cactus's insides without cutting them open.

Each side of Saguaro National Park offers a visitor center with restrooms and watering stations. Visitors will find maps, ...

The Saguaro National Park is found in the Sonoran Desert. This Park is home to the largest species of cacti. Find out more about this interesting desert and the scientists studying there at the ...

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 ...

President Teddy Roosevelt, the quintessential conservationist, said, "A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.” While in Tucson, Arizona, ...

A visit to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, on the U.S.-Mexico border about two hours from Phoenix or Tucson, requires some effort. The payoff, in addition to seeing unusual cactuses, is the ...

Excerpts Courtesy Of Theodore H. Fleming Illustrations by Kim Kanoa Duffek Sep 30, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Updated May 9, 2018 Excerpts Courtesy Of Theodore H. Fleming Illustrations by Kim Kanoa Duffek The ...

A clandestine group has spent thousands of hours searching the Sonoran Desert for massive rare cactuses endangered by the expansion of Arizona cities. The Crested Saguaro Society began searching the ...

Scientists discovered how to study cactus movement without harm - by measuring the silent sway of these desert giants using ...

During the month of June, the Sonoran Desert of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States is best known for its extreme heat and lack of rainfall. Arizona set the record for the highest known ...