A local cactus once thought to occupy a much larger range and to exist in far fewer numbers is being removed from the federal ...

The deaths point to a broader problem affecting the southwestern United States. Scientists raise red flag over emerging ...

Migration pathways for animals will be further fragmented by the new additions to the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

In the heart of the Sonoran Desert, a tiny feathered guardian with fierce yellow ... providing federal protection for the remaining birds and their habitat. cactus ferruginous pygmy owl. Image via ...

In the heart of the Sonoran Desert, a tiny feathered guardian with fierce yellow ... providing federal protection for the remaining birds and their habitat. cactus ferruginous pygmy owl. Image via ...

SALTON SEA – For the first time, water is flowing into the Species Conservation Habitat project at California’s beleaguered ... Audubon California’s Desert and Salton Sea program manager. The flooding ...

Animated flat icon of a green cactus in yellow desert sand under a bright sun, with heat lines, symbolizing dryness, heat, and desert environment. Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use ...

Arizona’s most iconic resident might be the rattlesnake. Here's what months they're active and what to do if you're bitten or one gets in your house.

As saguaros across the Sonoran Desert suffer from the combined ... landscapes occupying a particular desert region, and entire cactus populations. The study found that “long-lived succulent ...