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 ...

A recent study from the Arizona Game and Fish Department found that an invasive species of burros is threatening the Sonoran ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Do you have what it takes to survive in the Sonoran Desert? Arizona's landscape is gorgeous to explore, but if you found yourself stranded, knowing proper survival techniques could ...

Licking it might not be many people’s immediate answer — but the National Park Service is warning people against doing that anyway. In a recent Facebook post, the NPS asked visitors to not place their ...

Immersion into the assorted levels of awesomeness of the Sonoran Desert is as easy as stepping off the pavement and into the Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve. With over 200 miles of nonmotorized ...

Jon Davis, environmental physiologist, Course Manager for Biology, Arizona State University's Downtown Phoenix Campus, Phoenix, Ariz. Ferran Garcia-Pichel, microbiologist, Dean of Natural Sciences, ...

PHOENIX - The monsoon draws out all kinds of creatures, and while most are harmless to people, one particular creature, however, is considered to be toxic. According to the Tucson Herpetological ...

The Bureau of Land Management announced a proposal Friday to dramatically reduce the area open to recreational target shooting within the Sonoran Desert National Monument. The BLM proposed an ...

As part of a reporting trip, the PBS NewsHour’s Joshua Barajas previously documented a hike through Arizona’s Sonoran Desert with the Tucson Samaritans, a group of volunteers who leave water and other ...

Welcome to Sonoran Arcana, a column seeking to probe the margins of Arizona cuisine and define a more specific, novel cuisine that has emerged in America’s great Sonoran Desert: New Arizonan. Here, we ...