There are a lot of words used to describe how plants look or smell — think fragrant, prickly, tall or climbing. But there are ...

“Drifts that can cover entire landscapes and choke native plants.” Billions of canary-yellow orbs drape southern Arizona’s desert like a fungal carpet this spring. Credit: Zach Duncan A few ...

The saguaro cactus is an iconic symbol of Sonoran Desert areas in southern Arizona and Mexico and an essential plant for desert wildlife. However, wildfires torching areas of the state are ...

For 41 years, Reichenbacher, an associate researcher at the University of Arizona’s Tumamoc Desert Lab, has followed the same three patches of the rare plants in southern Arizona — including ...

After a wet winter, grasshoppers have invaded Southern Arizona. Even though Arizona ... The moisture that we have been seeing here in the desert through the winter and spring months has caused ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Two research canines are about to embark on a trip to Northern Arizona to help find rare and endangered plant species. Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix is known for its ...

A ‘super bloom’ may be in the eye of the beholder, but the winter’s rain and snow promises a bumper crop of spring blooms in Southern California and Arizona. Rancher’s fireweed at Carrizo ...