With the shift from high-water-use plants to plants that are native or adaptable to the desert, the Tucson landscape has become a true model of the Sonoran Desert.

Native cacti like cholla and organ pipe cactus provide habitat and food for our native wildlife. Choosing native plants can help preserve and protect our unique ecosystem. Mike Christy, Arizona ...

It’s happening again, and cactus experts still can’t explain why. For the second time in four years, saguaros across the Tucson area are sprouting flowers in great numbers and strange places ...

LUKEVILLE, Ariz. — In Arizona, cactus rustling — stealing or killing the state’s iconic saguaros — is a felony. It’s illegal to shoot or deface the iconic cactuses or to remove them from ...

Saving the West’s most iconic cactus from climate change A warming world means an invasive grass is threatening the famous saguaro ...

The beloved cactus, nearly 100 years older than Arizona itself, weathered generations of storms and droughts, until it toppled to the ground after August rains.

Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% ...

Tucson thinks that sacrificing a saguaro cactus will help its chances of becoming Amazon's second headquarters. How stupid can the Arizona city be?

Southern Arizona has a long an illustrious aviation history. But you may not know about Tucson's connection to Charles Lindbergh, or the unusual gift he was given on his visit here in 1927.

There are multiple ways to remove cactus, and this video just offers one method. The video says to take a hair comb and lightly brush the spines to lift them away from your skin. Pulling them ...

Explore the rugged terrain and rare plants at one of Arizona's newest and barely visited national monuments, a serene cactus forest in the middle of the desert.