TUCSON, Ariz. — The Fox Theatre is hosting a Monsoon Literacy Celebration for children on July 11 and 12. The goal is to ...

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

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

In North America’s hottest, driest desert, climate change is causing the decline of plants once thought nearly immortal and replacing them with shorter shrubs that can take advantage of sporadic ...

Even Sonoran Desert plants aren't immune to climate change Supposedly drought-tolerant species hit their breaking points Date: March 28, 2023 Source: University of California - Riverside Summary ...

UC Riverside researchers sampling plants in the Sonoran Desert to understand their responses to climate change. (Photo courtesy of Tesa Madsen-Hepp/UCR) ...

What Sonoran Desert fungi are teaching scientists The understudied mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems and may prove critical to the survival of fragile deserts stressed by climate change.

Fans of horticultural landmarks are catered for at Scottsdale's Desert Botanical Garden, where some 50,000 plants from ...

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

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

UC Riverside researchers sampling plants in the Sonoran Desert to understand their responses to climate change. (Photo courtesy of Tesa Madsen-Hepp/UCR) ...