creosote bush, velvet mesquite, desert sand verbena and a pungent, cilantro-like wild herb known as papalo. This Sonoran feast for the senses is the inspiration for a new barbecue joint in nearby ...

In the Mojave and Colorado deserts, tortoises are generally found below 4,000 feet in Joshua tree-Mohave yucca communities, creosote bush-saltbush scrub habitats ... the Mojave population of desert ...

As official research positions are lost to budget cuts, the work of citizen scientists to preserve federal forests is ...

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.