Why is the smell of Arizona's monsoon so distinctive? It releases the aromas of the desert, one ecologist says.

New research suggests Sonoran Desert toads went into steep decline after stories of their mind-bending chemical properties ...

Even Sonoran Desert plants aren’t immune to climate change. University of California - Riverside. Journal Functional Ecology DOI 10.1111/1365-2435.14308. Keywords ...

Even Sonoran Desert plants aren't immune to climate change. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 03 / 230328145445.htm ...

New UC Riverside research found plants in North America’s hottest desert are reaching their survivability threshold. What’s next could be barren land.

Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% ...

Pike is at war with buffel grass and fountain grass, two invasive species that are spreading in the Sonoran Desert, choking native plants, increasing the risk and intensity of wildfires and ...

Imagine standing under a midnight sky in the heart of the Sonoran Desert, surrounded by towering saguaro cacti. The air is thick with the scent of blooming flowers, and the silence is broken only by ...