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

TUCSON, Ariz. — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ...

For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, the centuries-old sacred harvest of saguaro fruit from the desert around Tucson is ...

Saguaros are more than an icon of the desert. They are a tool to fight global warming. It’s not fantasy. It’s science. Cacti are carbon-eating machines. That gives Arizona an opportunity to ...

The desert behemoth, the saguaro cactus, can be 10 years old before they’ve reached two inches in height. Hedgehog, barrel cactus, beaver tail, ...

As the transplanted cacti take root in this hotter, drier Sonoran Desert, the people who put them in the ground watch carefully—documenting every step, photographing these sites as they recover.

Prickly pears are iconic cacti that are easily identified by their paddle-shaped leaves. Native to the southwestern United ...

“I think storytelling is part of the appeal,” says Christian Cummings, 43, a partner in the Cactus Store with Carlos Morera, 38, and Max Martin, 36, who founded the business with the architect ...