Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% every year, and is now closer to 7% ...

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 ancestors have ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

Saguaro National Park has become an important adjunct to the study of the saguaro. The park, which attracted more than 1 million visitors in 2019, protects 92,000 acres of the cactus in two ...

Bearing the state flower of Arizona, the saguaro cactus remains an essential part of the Sonoran Desert’s identity. The 40-60 foot-tall saguaro and its fruit are great natural resources for both ...

The saguaro cactus is an Arizona icon. A few develop twisted, fan-shaped tops. Here's what's special about the crested - or cristate - saguaro.

Saguaro cactuses are Arizona's towering icons. However, only one holds the record for being the tallest ever measured. Here's what to know about it.

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.

The saguaro cactus, (Carnegiea gigantea), is the iconic symbol of the American West. Even though these large, tree-like columnar cactus are slow growers, mature saguaros can grow to be 40 to 60 ...

The saguaro cactus, the universal symbol of the American West and the largest cacti in the U.S., is alive and well and protected within Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona, which became a ...

The saguaro and another cactus species (the cardón, native to northwest Mexico) both claimed the world record, as they can live for more than 200 years and even perhaps up to 300 years old, ...