Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

More information: James T. Watson et al, Small-Scale Migrations among Early Farmers in the Sonoran Desert, American Antiquity (2025). DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2024.78 ...

Nearly a decade after its completion, the Ann Day Memorial Wildlife Bridge near Oro Valley has become a vital lifeline for ...

The United States Bureau of Land Management approved a new gold mine project near Wickenburg. The project raised environmental concerns regarding water usage, potential groundwater contamination and ...

Beginning just after sunset, you’ll follow a one-mile loop through the towering saguaros and desert landscape, while learning ...

The Sonoran Desert Kids Club met Saturday at Agua Caliente Park for a walk to search for animal-created holes in the desert. The outdoor adventure was headed by Doris Evan, a naturalist and ...

From rattlesnakes to cottonmouths, venomous snakes remain a backyard reality across much of the U.S. Here are the most common ...

The same heat-sensing protein (Gr28b.d) triggers opposite behaviors in different fly species: heat avoidance in common lab flies and heat attraction in desert-dwelling D. mojavensis, depending on ...

The desert may seem like the last place you'd expect to find flora. Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world.

Psychedelics devotees are racing biotech entrepreneurs to turn 5-MeO-DMT, one of the world’s most powerful drugs, into a ...

The park is also home to 289 species of birds. See the sand dunes. On the west side of the park, you can find a totally different desert landscape at Salt Basin Dunes.