Different types of cactuses, including the prickly pear and the Saguaro, bear fruit and are edible. Hear a forager dive into ...

Seeking a decadent holiday balanced by high-energy activities, Benjamin Parker flew to Arizona’s on-trend desert gem to see ...

The Sonoran Desert is an icon of the Wild West ... Out of all the species found here, the saguaro cactus is truly one of the crown jewels of this park. Other cacti include organ pipe cacti ...

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

This 92,867-acre park is dedicated to the largest cactus in the U.S., the saguaro (pronounced sa-WAH-ro), a universal symbol of the American West. The park is divided into two districts ...

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 ...

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 ...

Located within the Sonoran Desert, Rincon Mountain District ... an old homestead foundation, and a saguaro grove. Lorentzen describes the Cactus Forest Trail as a “relatively flat, 2.5-mile ...

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 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 ...

Lorentzen also shares there are “over 350 species of birds that call the Sonoran Desert home, including hawks (red-tailed and Cooper’s), Gila woodpecker, cactus wren (the Arizona state bird), and ...