PHOENIX - The monsoon draws out all kinds of creatures, and while most are harmless to people, one particular creature, however, is considered to be toxic. According to the Tucson Herpetological ...

The Saguaro National Park is found in the Sonoran Desert. This Park is home to the largest species of cacti. Find out more about this interesting desert and the scientists studying there at the ...

The Sonoran Desert is one of the largest deserts in North America. Credit: Unsplash/Jim Witkowski Many Americans might be surprised just how expansive and diverse the Sonoran Desert actually is. The ...

Arizona restaurants like Ursa in Tucson are playing with ancient Sonoran Desert ingredients in bold, inventive cuisine.

Sonoran Desert tortoises (Gopherus morafkai) are a cool native animal. They are native to the Sonoran Desert and can be found anywhere in that region, including down to northern Mexico. They can live ...

The same climate changes known to be reshaping mountain ecosystems in places like the Alps and Yosemite also are driving alarming new patterns in the Sonoran Desert near Palm Springs, according to the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. - Federal officials have concluded that Sonoran desert tortoises native to Arizona have a relatively stable population that doesn’t need protection from environmental threats, but ...

PHOENIX — Marilyn Hanson takes a 3-mile walk every day along a river wash and bike path northwest of Tucson. While she walks, she listens for birds and surveys the areas along the path for invasive ...

The understudied mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems and may prove critical to the survival of fragile deserts stressed by climate change. Though invisible on the surface of the desert, ...

“Love at first bite” would be a stretch—everyone knows that the best part of a hot dog is somewhere in the middle, since the ends almost always include a disproportionate amount of bun to filling.

The “Dinos in the Desert” exhibit fills the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum with 10 different dinosaur and pterosaur installations spread throughout the museum grounds. Until April 27, life-size models ...