Native edible trees and plants have a bounty of benefits to the desert and the people living in it. The trees and plants ...

Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting ...

Watching the wildfires devastate a major U.S. city has many of us wondering: Could it happen here? Research shows our ...

Home to the oldest continuously cultivated soil in the US, this desert-bound city boasts a fascinating food scene all its own ...

Robinson, a Sonoran desert tortoise ... especially if you have plants and grass.” Tortoises are herbivores and eat native ...

Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world. The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...

Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran ...