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.

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran ...

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 ...

Watching the wildfires devastate a major U.S. city has many of us wondering: Could it happen here? Research shows our ...

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

In addition to providing visitors with a tranquil, 140-acre space to view and learn about desert plants ... the world to ...

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 ...

The garden has five walkable trails: the Sonoran Desert Nature Trail, Center for Desert Living Trail, Desert Discovery Trail, Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower Trail and Plants & People of the ...

The saguaro cactus is a distinctive icon of the American Southwest, found only in the Sonoran Desert ... on plants and wildlife. At Mount Rainier National Park, hotter, drier summers and reduced ...