The Saguaro National Park is found in the Sonoran Desert. This Park is home to the largest species of cacti. Find out more about this interesting desert and the scientists studying there at the ...

PHOENIX - The monsoon draws out all kinds of creatures, and while most are harmless to people, one particular creature, however, is considered to be toxic. According to the Tucson Herpetological ...

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 ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Sonoran desert has gone through many changes over the years and we are currently in an era of expansion for our desert. The Sonoran desert has largely been around the same ...

TUCSON, Ariz. - Federal officials have concluded that Sonoran desert tortoises native to Arizona have a relatively stable population that doesn’t need protection from environmental threats, but ...

The same climate changes known to be reshaping mountain ecosystems in places like the Alps and Yosemite also are driving alarming new patterns in the Sonoran Desert near Palm Springs, according to the ...

PHOENIX — Marilyn Hanson takes a 3-mile walk every day along a river wash and bike path northwest of Tucson. While she walks, she listens for birds and surveys the areas along the path for invasive ...

Sonoran Desert tortoises (Gopherus morafkai) are a cool native animal. They are native to the Sonoran Desert and can be found anywhere in that region, including down to northern Mexico. They can live ...

In 2020, a new fear sprouted in metro Phoenix. Amid the utter turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic and a record-hot summer, the area's mighty saguaros were toppling at a rate that alarmed casual observers ...

Welcome to Sonoran Arcana, a column seeking to probe the margins of Arizona cuisine and define a more specific, novel cuisine that has emerged in America’s great Sonoran Desert: New Arizonan. Here, we ...

A decade ago, at the close of a day hoeing on an agritourism farm south of Bologna, Italy, I sat with the farm’s proprietor as he cooked dinner. Garlic sizzling. Pasta water murmuring. We started ...