Arizona has about 51 native cactus species, but the saguaro is likely the most well-known. A desert icon, the imposing and inspiring saguaro and its flower can only be found in the diverse Sonoran ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It’s that time of year when saguaros are blooming, so if you’re driving or walking in your neighborhood and come across a saguaro cactus flower, you might want to stop ...

We all know cacti store water—but to survive, they migrate their flowers, and so much more. Scientists want to copy the resilient plants' methods to help engineer our future.

Saguaro cactus flowers (top) and saguaro cactus pollen (above) A child belonging to the Hohokam culture who died in southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert 500 to 1,000 years ago appears to have been ...

An unusual number of the iconic cacti produced flowers and fruit in the fall this year, and scientists are trying to figure out why. It wasn’t every saguaro. It wasn’t even most of them. But ...