Set amid narrow streets, curio shops and brooks that flow quickly in spring, El Santuario de Chimayó has been designated as a ...

Cactus wrens maintain year-round territories throughout the cactus forest, defending them vigorously with harsh, chattering calls that carry across the desert landscape. Their diet diversifies beyond ...

The magnificent landscape is threatened by an ever-increasing human ... including more than 500 of the world's 1,500 species of cactus. The desert also harbors North America's largest prairie dog ...

Explores how plants and animals survive in one of Earth's harshest environments—deserts, where annual rainfall is less than ...

I must have an affinity for plants that want to hurt me. I love Oleanders and talk about them to anyone who will listen, but ...

Visitors who arrive mid-February through mid-June will see an abundance of blooming cactus just begging for attention. – Jill Schildhouse The desert may seem like the last place you'd expect to ...

In 2021, while revelers across America celebrated the fourth of July, three researchers waded through a shallow river delta ...

Imagine standing under a midnight sky in the heart of the Sonoran Desert, surrounded by towering saguaro cacti. The air is thick with the scent of blooming flowers, and the silence is broken only by ...

Visitors who arrive mid-February through mid-June will see an abundance of blooming cactus just begging for attention. – Jill Schildhouse The desert may seem like the last place you'd expect to ...