Saguaro cactuses tower over Arizona's desert landscape, each year inching higher and higher for hundreds of years as they watch time pass. While they can grow to unique heights, one cactus holds the ...

Most people see their first saguaro (pronounced “sah-wah-roh”) cactus on television, perhaps in a cartoon or a Western movie. The signature plants of the Sonoran Desert, towering saguaro cacti ...

Fittingly enough, the future of the saguaro begins in the Old Pueblo. Researchers from the U.S. and Mexico gathered in Tucson earlier this month to launch the largest and most wide-ranging effort yet ...

One of the Southwest’s most familiar plants may be in deep trouble. The towering, multi-armed saguaro cactus, which is found only in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, California, and parts of Mexico, has ...

Fittingly enough, the future of the saguaro begins in the Old Pueblo. Researchers from the U.S. and Mexico gathered in Tucson earlier this month to launch the largest and most wide-ranging effort yet ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro cactus, an ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It looks like another artist needs a lesson on New Mexico. Special Adidas sneakers have been created for each state for a charity auction, but the New Mexico sneakers ...

When most of us gaze upon the mighty saguaro, we see a strong, stately symbol of our desert home. When Joe Mulhatton saw the indigenous Sonoran cactus, he saw only menace, only evil. It has been more ...

While the Grand Canyon may be Arizona’s best-known national park, it’s not the only one worth a visit. With 22 National Park ...

To the editor: The news of the taking down of protected saguaro cacti in Arizona for the ultimately ineffective U.S.-Mexico border fence (it’s not a wall) touted by President Trump is particularly ...