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

From sound meditation classes to cocktails in the evening surrounded by nature's beauty, the Desert Botanical Garden is hosting a variety of events this summer!

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly ...

The service's decision, announced Monday, said the tortoise numbers in the hundreds of thousands. Computer modeling indicates an estimated 49,222 square miles of suitable Sonoran desert tortoise ...

The wildlife service decides the Sonoran desert tortoise isn't a threatened or endangered species, but finds a wide range of threats to the animals and their habitat.

Arizona’s culinary landscape is just as vibrant and varied as its stunning desert vistas. Blending rich Native American ...

After spending her senior year working on the Little River as part of the Maryville College water quality survey for the City ...

The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's cinnamon-red buttes, and numerous hiking trails – like the Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert and the Harriet K ...

Biden’s visit to the desert also comes nearly a year after his wife, first lady Jill Biden, was the headlining speaker for a private Democratic fundraiser in Rancho Mirage.

Vendors speculate that a lack of rain shortened the already brief season for pitayas this year. The small, round cactus ...

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