President Teddy Roosevelt, the quintessential conservationist, said, "A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.” While in Tucson, Arizona, ...

Saguaro National Park has been named one of the most relaxing places in America for visitors seeking a break from screens and ...

There is a specific kind of silence that you only find in the Sonoran Desert. It is not an empty silence but a heavy, ...

The cacti arrive in buckets and cardboard boxes, in truck beds and plastic cups. Some are prickly green knobs smaller than a fist; others are saguaros a few feet tall—miniature versions of the ...

Made to withstand the harsh climate of the desert and thrive in it, the dead and decaying desert plants throughout the Sonoran landscape may be perplexing to those who see it. But even the toughest ...

This sparsely populated area is an outdoor lover's paradise with its close proximity to an underground wonder and a national ...

A principal icon of the American Southwest, the saguaro cactus stands as a large green pillar on the desert horizon, beckoning newcomers to the desert with open “arms.” This icon of Arizona’s ...

Geologist Jeff Moore was visiting family in Tucson when he got the idea of adapting tools used to measure earthquakes for the study of saguaro cactuses. Studying the inner structure of a cactus ...

A 20-acre parcel of private land will be added to the Saguaro National Park in Arizona thanks to money from a federal conservation fund fed by offshore oil and gas development. The land, bought from ...

As climate change makes desert summer rains more episodic and crucial winter rain rare, fewer young saguaros are surviving. At Saguaro National Park, drought has killed large numbers of young saguaros ...