Opt outside and enjoy Phoenix's beautiful desert scenery with these great hikes.

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 ...

The Desert Botanical Garden is kicking off the holidays with its annual luminaria celebrations. Learn more about dates, hours ...

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

A federal appeals court rebuffed a bid to have the Sonoran Desert area bald eagle listed as endangered, saying, in essence, that if they all are eradicated it wouldn’t make a real difference to eagle ...

Rising from the Sonoran Desert like a mirage that refused to disappear, Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights stands as Arizona’s most unexpected architectural treasure. This cream-colored confection, with ...

Rising from the Sonoran Desert like a mirage, Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights stands as one of Arizona’s most enchanting architectural wonders. This cream-colored, tiered structure resembling a ...

Arizona biologists are sounding the alarm on the non-native and feral burros that are negatively impacting important plant ...

There's something undeniably cozy about staying in an underground space. If you're traveling near Phoenix, this unique desert ...

Every mind-bending molecule in nature has an evolutionary origin; a defense against being eaten, a lure for pollinators, or perhaps a happy biochemical accident. Though they seem extraordinary, life ...

Thousands of Americans are flocking to a town that experts predict will become a 'megapolitan' area with its neighbor 115 ...