Imagine standing under a midnight sky in the heart of the Sonoran Desert, surrounded by towering saguaro cacti. The air is ...

Arizona's iconic Saguaro cactus is dying off at an intense rate with the Desert Botanical Garden saying nearly 20% of their ...

The intense heat in recent Arizona summers is taking a toll on the smaller saguaro cactus. The survival of saguaro seedlings ...

Saguaros are a staple in Arizona. They need just the right balance of heat and rainfall to thrive—too much or too little of either can throw off that balance.

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 sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...

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 ...

That could mean trouble not just for people but for some plants ... At the Desert Botanical Garden, three of the treasured institution’s more than 1,000 saguaro cactuses have toppled over ...

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