ABC15 Meteorologist Ashlee DeMartino talked with the Desert Botanical Garden during the Saguaro Census 2025 to get an update on cactus health and what to expect around our environment.

and landscape of the Sonoran Desert, which Lorentzen describes as “one of the most ecologically diverse wilderness areas anywhere on Earth.” There are an estimated two million saguaro cacti ...

Researchers are concerned the declines will lessen the scale of and in some cases possibly eliminate the large saguaro forests in Arizona.

This section of the Sonoran Desert near the border between Arizona and Mexico features massive cacti, colorful birds and rock arches ... mile Ajo Mountain Drive to experience the vibrant desert ...

Other plants, such as cacti, have special means of storing ... Higher temperatures may produce more wildfires that alter desert landscapes by eliminating slow-growing trees and shrubs and ...