Rain is forecast for later this week, but Phoenix will need more than one storm to offset months of drought. With parched ...

Native edible trees and plants have a bounty of benefits to the desert and the people living in it. The trees and plants ...

Discover eight of the most outstanding plants in the desert today. Native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Mexico, the saguaro cactus stands tall and proud, a sentinel of the desert landscape.

The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is a sprawling natural sanctuary showcasing the Sonoran Desert's rugged beauty. Spanning more than 30,000 acres, this preserve is one of the largest urban preserves in ...

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 ...

Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting our saguaros and our homes in danger.

Last summer’s monsoon is best described as a “non-soon” with very little precipitation. In the five months since August there has been virtually no measurable rain in the ...

Home to the oldest continuously cultivated soil in the US, this desert ... grasses. "Sonoran hunter-gatherers were remarkable botanists, capable of identifying hundreds of edible plants from ...

Many desert plants are built to protect their water stores, and none are better defended than the cactus. Filming in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, can be a painful experience, especially when ...