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

Originally called the Desert Race, it was also known as the Cactus Derby. These races, which took anywhere from 16 to 35 hours to complete, were a popular spectacle that brought a lot of eyes to ...

Cactus (10-3, 4-1 5A Desert West region) is headed to the title game fresh off of an upset win over No. 1 ALA-Gilbert North (9-4, 3-2 5A Northeast Valley region), 38-35, in the semifinals on ...

In the 21-6 loss to Desert Edge, Cactus was penalized 13 times. "It's a matter of maintaining discipline," Belles said. "When I played, it was Horizon and us when I was at St. Mary's.

Elevate your houseplant game with the ultimate desert cactus – how to grow prickly pears indoors in 3 simple steps. Story by ...

The Sonoran Desert ecosystem is “only” about 10,000 years old, meaning it’s inherently unstable, Lata adds, with a blend of species still sorting out hierarchy and patterns. Some are adapted ...

They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements ...

The desert, which is the driest spot on Earth beyond the planet’s poles, can be so desolate that NASA uses it to test Mars rovers. But from a young age, Guerrero learned to spot pockets of life ...

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

As the desert days went on, enduring baking heat up to the mid 40’s in our search for the elusive squirrel, the jumping cholla made its presence known to all crew on a regular basis!

Feeding the future: testing cactus as a desert food crop Climate change is pushing people to explore — and discover foods that others have known for ages.

The Crested Saguaro Society began searching the approximately 100,000-square-mile desert for crested saguaros — the largest cactus in the U.S., often growing over 40 feet tall and adorned with a ...