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

Arizona's vast expanses contain a hidden gem -- a stunning waterfall and swimming hole nestled at the end of a beautiful hike ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released an initial plan to restore the endangered Sonoyta mud turtle to its native ...

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

Arizona hides a treasure that most tourists zoom right past while chasing the state’s more famous attractions – Oracle State Park, a sprawling natural sanctuary nestled in the northern foothills of ...

In a state blessed with an embarrassment of natural riches, Oracle State Park stands out not for being the biggest or most famous attraction, but for offering something increasingly rare in our busy ...

After years of pressure and litigation from environmental groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is sticking with a previous stance that the Sonoran desert tortoise doesn't need federal protection ...

In a desert famous for its giants, Richard Felger became one himself. The Tucson-trained ethnobotanist, arid-land expert and poet founded the research department at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum ...

The Yarrow's spiny lizard lives in a narrow band of the Mule Mountains, but its numbers are declining as temperatures warm ...

The Desert Botanical Garden is one of Phoenix’s top tourist attractions, one of the best gardens in the country according to Vogue magazine and an all-around local gem that’s been delighting visitors ...