Arizona's state bird fends for itself against predators in the desert, making its home in prickly plants. Here's what to know ...

Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

Explore the rugged terrain and rare plants at one of Arizona's newest and barely visited national monuments, a serene cactus ...

The Desert Botanical Garden, an oasis nestled among the red rocks of Papago Park, turns 86 in February. The idea for a desert garden came from a small group of Valley-based advocates in the 1930s.

Native edible trees and plants have a bounty of benefits to the desert and the people living in it. The trees and plants ...

Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona 85743. To access Saguaro National Park ... He also suggests bringing your camera to both ...

Conservation groups say the proposed Arizona routes for an Interstate 11 project failed to consider habitat for imperiled ...

The Red Hills Desert Garden in St. George, Utah, made me fall in love with the desert. With cacti, waterfalls, and dinosaur ...

The U.S. District Court in Arizona on Wednesday stayed ... including the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl. The small brown desert owls were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species ...

If you’re new to Arizona, you’ll quickly realize that gardening here is very different from what you knew in the Midwest or the East Coast. Learning to garden in the desert Southwest is a fun ...

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 ... Guided Arizona Desert Tour by ...