The wettest desert in the world is also the hottest place in America, making the Sonoran desert - which spans ... 40-degree heat with record levels of rain makes this desert rich in wildlife ...

After turning ... crossing deaths in the Sonoran Desert started long before then. Growing up in El Salvador, Dora Rodriguez ...

“And usually, like four days later, it would rain, and so that was the beginning of our new cycle year.” Saguaro National Park staff refer to it as the archenemy of the Sonoran Desert. Buffelgrass is ...

We all know cacti store water—but to survive, they migrate their flowers, and so much more. Scientists want to copy the resilient plants' methods to help engineer our future.

When desert ecosystems ... America's Mojave and Sonoran Deserts was 76 years, and even partial recovery of species composition required over two centuries (Abella 2010). After severe disturbances ...

After rain the saguaro expands, and the pleats flatten, as the internal water tank is filled. Saguaros are a keystone species in the Sonoran desert providing a place to nest, crucial shade ...

Features: The Wildhorse Trail takes you through the beautiful Sonoran Desert, providing incredible views of ... but the falls are typically most impressive after a period of heavy rain or during the ...

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 ...

or when rain falls on the side of a mountain that faces the wind and dry, sinking air leaves downwind areas with sparse rainfall. In Phoenix and the rest of the Sonoran desert, however ...

The Arizona Lottery is partnering with the Desert Botanical Garden to support critical conservation efforts. The partnership, announced on Wednesday, will award $100,000 to two essential ...

Park Place Mall manager, Brighid Dawson, says the project began seven weeks ago after they began searching ... that represented Tucson and the Sonoran Desert that had a very like, large presence ...

Saguaro cacti in the Sonoran Desert, of course ... But I usually had to depart after an hour and a half at most. On a road trip, there’s never enough time. It’s always about what’s next.