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

Phoenix's Desert Botanical Garden, which covers an area of 140 acres, has over two-thirds of all cactus species, including saguaros which can grow to over 40 feet tall.

Phoenix, in particular, has seemed locked in what feels like a never-ending summer. The city on Tuesday finally snapped a streak of 21 straight days of record-breaking daily high temperatures ...

A 1970s proposal would have brought a 600-foot, neon saguaro cactus tower to Papago Park. ... Had the saguaro cactus come to fruition, metro Phoenix might have been a different place.