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

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

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens. For the Tohono O’odham Nation, harvest time ...

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

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

That’s exactly what happens when you stumble upon Buckskin Mountain State Park in Parker, Arizona. This riverside paradise sits along the Colorado River like nature’s own private resort, complete with ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

Pike estimates that he’s cleared invasive plants from roughly 222ha of desert near his home. Pike is at war with buffel grass and fountain grass, two invasive species that are spreading in the ...

Mr. Pike is at war with buffel grass and fountain grass, two invasive species that are spreading in the Sonoran desert, choking native plants, increasing the risk and intensity of wildfires and ...