For around 200 years, a special saguaro cactus stood tall in the Arizona desert. Its longest arms stretched almost 30 feet into the air. And now that desert giant has fallen. Its trunks have ...

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. In recent years, photos and videos of ancient ...

Sometimes, ecological reality can be just plain surprising! Consider eating for instance.

Record-high temperatures over the last few years in many parts of the United States have contributed to major stress on plants, animals, and humans. The extreme heat, coupled with a lack of rainfall, ...

THIS WEEK IN 1933, SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK WAS ESTABLISHED. PHOTOGRAPHER CLYDE BUTCHER, WHOSE STUNNING LANDSCAPES ARE CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM, DESCRIBED VISITING THE PARK AS ...

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 ...