As saguaros across the Sonoran Desert suffer from the combined stresses of extreme heat and drought, researchers say these climate changes threaten the large saguaro forests we see across Southern ...

In 2020, a new fear sprouted in metro Phoenix. Amid the utter turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic and a record-hot summer, the area's mighty saguaros were toppling at a rate that alarmed casual observers ...

When the Bighorn Fire broke out in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2020, nervous Tucson residents watched the flames move down the mountain a little farther each day, encroaching into the lower desert ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management is looking to drastically reduce an area open to recreational target shooting within Arizona’s Sonoran Desert National Monument. The agency ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) —Stellar Adventures says your adventure begins where the pavement ends! It’s an off-road adventure company specializing in invigorating and informative excursions in the Sonoran ...

I set off half an hour before sunrise up the rocky trail. It was chilly in the predawn light, with just enough glow in the sky that I could see cactus spreading in every direction and big mesas of ...