Rain totally transforms the landscapes surrounding these trails, coaxing out desert blooms, creating ephemeral waterfalls, ...

Javelinas have a storied history in North America, even if they are not well understood by people who live outside of the ...

Jon Davis, environmental physiologist, Course Manager for Biology, Arizona State University's Downtown Phoenix Campus, Phoenix, Ariz. Ferran Garcia-Pichel, microbiologist, Dean of Natural Sciences, ...

There is a specific kind of silence that you only find in the Sonoran Desert. It is not an empty silence but a heavy, ...

The Sonoran Desert is one of the largest deserts in North America. Credit: Unsplash/Jim Witkowski Many Americans might be surprised just how expansive and diverse the Sonoran Desert actually is. The ...

Fairy Dusters (Calliandra eriophylla) are common plants found along the washes of the Sonoran Desert. Their dainty springtime blossoms stand in great contrast to the rugged environment in which they ...

Every summer the monsoons come to southern Arizona. In late afternoon, dark clouds roll in, eclipsing the immense blue sky. And with the summer rain comes Cecil Schwalbe, the frog man of the desert.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Do you have what it takes to survive in the Sonoran Desert? Arizona's landscape is gorgeous to explore, but if you found yourself stranded, knowing proper survival techniques could ...

From pinyon pines to ocotillos, plants in the Sonoran Desert are shifting where they grow in response to climate change, and many of the plants aren’t thriving in their new ranges, according to a new ...

From a sprawling botanical museum in Arizona to a cliffside succulent sanctuary in France, these gardens prove the desert is ...

For many, their vision of the Sonoran Desert, located in the southwest part of the United States and northern Mexico, is one of a vast and barren wasteland of rolling sand dunes and desolate ...