Arizona’s culinary landscape is just as vibrant and varied as its stunning desert vistas. Blending rich Native American ...

The Mojave Desert, which includes the Amargosa Basin, is already the hottest place in North America. Temperatures in Death Valley, where the river terminates, regularly top 125 degrees Fahrenheit.

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...

Joshua Tree National Park, California Joshua Tree National Park in California is a place where two distinct desert ecosystems ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of pterosaur – a flying reptile that soared above the dinosaurs more than 200 ...

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An artist's depiction of a landscape from 209 million years ago at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, based on fossils of plants and animals ...

In Las Vegas, the shade from a lush tree can make a world of difference on a scorching summer day in one of the nation’s ...

The damage is invisible at first, but it doesn’t take long for the leaves to wither, the trunks to weaken, the once-vibrant ...

Paleontologists have uncovered in Arizona a Triassic treasure trove of fossils dating back 209 million years ago.

Ironwood trees: Call them senior citizens of the desert. Mature ironwoods around Tucson make the oldest saguaros look like mere youngsters by comparison.

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.