News; Nation; A centuries-old cactus survived everything; then summer rains came Sept. 1, 2022 Updated Thu., Sept. 1, 2022 at 4:19 p.m. A massive saguaro cactus stood for 200 years in Arizona’s ...

At around 50 to 70 years old, the cactus would have started sprouting arms. At 125 years old, it would finally reach what scientists consider saguaro “adulthood.” Advertisement ...

The roughly 200-year-old Saguaro cactus is seen as it formerly stood on the Romero Ruins Trail at Catalina State Park in Tucson, Arizona. Photo courtesy Arizona Department of Parks/Facebook ...

An iconic saguaro cactus estimated to be near 200 years old has fallen victim to the torrential rains that hit Arizona’s Catalina State Park in August.

Rain in Arizona has brought down a centuries-old landmark.. Summer showers at Catalina State Park in Tucson have felled a massive saguaro cactus.The statuesque plants, which can grow over 12 ...

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 ...

A fountain shaped like a saguaro cactus stands in front of a real cactus at a home in Dove Mountain on Aug. 31, 2010. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star Tucson's quirky saguaros ...

An iconic saguaro cactus estimated to be near 200 years old has fallen victim to the torrential rains that hit Arizona’s Catalina State Park in August.

An iconic saguaro cactus estimated to be near 200 years old has fallen victim to the torrential rains that hit Arizona’s Catalina State Park in August.

An iconic saguaro cactus estimated to be near 200 years old has fallen victim to the torrential rains that hit Arizona’s Catalina State Park in August.

An iconic saguaro cactus estimated to be near 200 years old has fallen victim to the torrential rains that hit Arizona’s Catalina State Park in August.

An iconic saguaro cactus estimated to be near 200 years old has fallen victim to the torrential rains that hit Arizona’s Catalina State Park in August.