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% ...

Disturbing a desert tortoise in its native habitat is not only risky for the tortoise, it's illegal, state officials say.

State 48 is truly a year-round destination for sun and fun. Still, there's definitely a best time to visit Arizona depending on where you plan to travel.

Why is the smell of Arizona's monsoon so distinctive? It releases the aromas of the desert, one ecologist says.

Winter camping in Arizona offers families a chance to escape the cold and embrace the stunning beauty of the Grand Canyon ...

The Sonoran Desert and she's proud of it. Here's how her Tucson childhood inspired her 2022 book, ... Her friend CC Goldwater, whose grandfather was Arizona politician Barry Goldwater, ...

Tracing the path of Father Eusebio Kino, who embarked on a quest to build a missionary system in Arizona and Mexico well before Junipero Serra set foot in California To the Sonoran Desert, on a ...

They are talking about Sonoran Desert tortoises. They said two died on the preserve this year due to apparent dehydration, and a third tortoise was found in bad shape, but they were able to save it.

Arizona's Sonoran Desert will soon bloom with yellow, purple and red flowers. Here's the 2021 wildflower forecast, plus best places to see the show.

Regardless of its federal legal status, the Sonoran desert tortoise enjoys protection in Arizona state law. It is illegal to harm, capture or collect wild tortoises, or to release a tortoise that ...

View of the metal fence along the border in Sonoyta, Sonora state, northern Mexico, between the Altar desert in Mexico and the Arizona desert in the United States, on March 27, 2017.