The Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona is hot and sandy. But where the Santa Cruz River flows, you’ll find something like an ...

Many ecosystems evolved to live with wildfire, but the Sonoran Desert is not one of them ... the saguaros bloom crowns of white flowers with sunburst yellow centers. The blossoms open at night ...

For one thing, you don’t have to learn every plant on the planet to be familiar with plants native to the Sonoran Desert. For another, there are some helpful plant ID apps out there that allow ...

Two Indigenous food educators showcased the abundance of the Sonoran Desert during a tour for the ... need in your inbox each morning. “These flowers, you can make tea out of them,” said ...

Human-caused climate change driven primarily by the burning of fossil fuels is robbing the Sonoran Desert of the conditions ... One might not produce flowers until it's 70 years old.

They are native to the Sonoran Desert and are well-adapted to survive in hot, dry conditions. The saguaro cactus is one of the few cacti that produces a flower. The flowers are white and only ...

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 ...

Chamberland outlined the myriad ways it threatens the fragile Sonoran biome and complicates ... canary-yellow orbs drape southern Arizona’s desert like a fungal carpet this spring.

PHOENIX — The Sonoran ... full-time desert forager and now brings her knowledge of desert edible plants to the classroom. She takes people out into the desert to harvest beans, flowers, berries ...