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

Here’s everything you need to know to plan a trip to Saguaro National Park, including the best hiking trails, things to do, ...

Liquid gold sunlight splashed over the desert not long after dawn. Above me, the baby-blue canopy of sky was brushed with the ...

A planned expansion of the park’s east entrance parking lot has created a unique opportunity to study these protected desert giants.

Cactus ferruginous pygmy owls are named for the saguaro cactuses they live in, their rusty-colored stripes, and their small size. They’re as fierce as they are small: These 2.5-ounce raptors prey on ...

Cactus ferruginous pygmy owls are named for the saguaro cactuses they live in, their rusty-colored stripes, and their small size. They’re as fierce as they are small: These 2.5-ounce raptors prey on ...

Editor: It’s probably too late, but I can’t agree with either of the MCC logo choices, as the Saguaro cactus is not ...

can store 5,000 litres of water Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), Sonoran desert, Arizona. A mature saguaro can store 5,000 litres of water. To accommodate this it has pleats, like an accordion ...

The saguaro cactus is a distinctive icon of the American Southwest, found only in the Sonoran Desert. This towering plant, which can grow up to 60 feet tall and live for more than 200 years, is the ...

And so it was that in March 2000 at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona, Hutto set his sights on the Sonoran Desert’s stately icon — the saguaro cactus. Several years earlier, ...

The Gila woodpecker nests inside the stem of the saguaro cactus where the temperature inside ... Boerhavia repens is a desert plant which can germinate, grow, produce flowers and ripen seeds ...

This 92,867-acre park is dedicated to the largest cactus in the U.S., the saguaro (pronounced sa-WAH ... Across the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's 98 acres, you'll find 230 animal species ...