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

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Buffelgrass is the biggest threat to our ecosystem in southern Arizona and now, Sonora-Arizona Desert Museum is using sheep ...

The desert has a secret: it’s not just a place of silence and sand, but a living, breathing tapestry of color and life—if you know where to look. Against all odds, landscapes in Arizona and ...

Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% ...

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, at 2021 N. Kinney Road, is presenting a class March 18 in which participants can learn how native plants help heal parts your body.

I took a drive to Phoenix, Arizona, just a week into May to see my son and his family. What made it a phenomenal drive was that much of the desert in both California and Arizona was receiving ...

Across the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's 98 acres, you'll find 230 animal species – including hummingbirds, coyotes and string rays – along with 1,200 local plant species.

“We saw damage to plants this summer that had never showed heat stress before,” Schilling said. Sunburned leaves of a mock orange shrub on Aug. 23. Brown patches show where the tissue was damaged.

Arizona's iconic Saguaro cactus is dying off at an intense rate with the Desert Botanical Garden saying nearly 20% of their plants have died since 2020.