I took a drive to Phoenix, Arizona, just a week into May to see my son and his family. What made it a phenomenal drive was that much of the desert in both ...

He started collecting desert plants off his mining claims and made a nursery…Two or three years later, he decided that cactus paid better than gold.” In the 1920s desert plants were ...

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 ...

A new study finds that the Sonoran Desert’s iconic cactuses are suffering, not only from prolonged drought but also from ...

Researchers are concerned the declines will lessen the scale of and in some cases possibly eliminate the large saguaro forests in Arizona.

The 2.5-mile trek features desert plants, wildlife sightings, and educational signs on local ecology and geology.

Two Indigenous food educators led a tour showcasing edible and useful Sonoran Desert plants. Participants learned about palo verde flowers for tea, edamame-tasting pods and hunting woodrats.

UCR ecologist Loralee Larios and her colleagues found that Saharan mustard threatens native plants by overwhelming the desert's natural seed bank. The seed bank -- a reservoir of dormant seeds ...

Gloved and armed with shears, women weave through thorny brambles, clipping and tossing their harvest into wheelbarrows.

Native desert plants are common in landscaping across Arizona to use less water, a practice called xeriscaping.

Many native desert plants remain dormant for years, making short-term surveys ineffective for capturing the full scope of biodiversity. By using multi-year monitoring, scientists can better ...