Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% ...

The saguaro cactus, an iconic symbol of the American desert, is the largest cactus in the country, growing 40 to 60 high and weighing up to three tons. They can hold up to 200 gallons of water ...

The Crested Saguaro Society began searching the approximately 100,000-square-mile desert for crested saguaros — the largest cactus in the U.S., often growing over 40 feet tall and adorned with a ...

MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. — Unlike many other old trails through the American West, the hot and lonely Mojave Road remains much as it was when wagon trains rolled through in the 1860s and ...

Last May I went to Knowles Canyon Overlook Campground to enjoy magnificent scenery. Quite unexpectedly, I stumbled across small beetles in cactus blooms and an unexpected ecological interaction. As ...

As the desert days went on, enduring baking heat up to the mid 40’s in our search for the elusive squirrel, the jumping cholla made its presence known to all crew on a regular basis!

Now, almost seven years later, Sligar's High Desert Vodka has hit stores and restaurants across Austin with the help of prickly pear cactus from a ranch in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. "It truly is a ...