And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding.

A saguaro cactus is able to live in the desert because it can store water. Russian thistle is also known as tumbleweed and can often be seen rolling through the desert when it is very windy.

With over two million cacti dotting the landscape in southeastern Arizona, Saguaro National Park is a must-visit location any time of the year. But in the springtime, the saguaros and a variety of ...

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 ...

The Cactus Forest Drive is an 8-mile paved loop road through Saguaro National Park’s Rincon Mountain District. The drive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The second leg of the trail, the Emery Henderson segment, straddles desert flats and floodplains ... delivering one of the best trips through saguaro cactus country anywhere.