The late University of Arizona art professor Warren Anderson humorously referred to these cartoon-image creations as "bandit victims" in his 1981 book, Vanishing Roadside America.

TUCSON, Ariz. — The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ripens. For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, whose ...

They've appeared in more Western movies than John Wayne. They're the prickly main attraction at a national park on the edge of Tucson. An image of one of them graces ...

Saguaro cactus, Saguaro National Park (Rincon Mountain District), Arizona. Image: SonoranDesertNPS/flickr/CC BY-2.0. Science Friday’s broadcast in Phoenix, Arizona, got us thinking more about a ...

A mature saguaro cactus grows at Boyce Thompson Arboretum on April 23, 2020. But, unrestricted by climate, its commercial brethren have migrated worldwide, which is a testament to how the towering ...