Think the yellow sprinkling of flora alongside the I-17 highway is testament to a beautiful blooming spring? Think again.

Tiny, cold-blooded animals like flies depend on their environment to regulate body temperature, making them ideal "canaries ...

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have discovered new details ...

Without them, there’d be no food, no fuel, no animals ... so different species can fill in for one that’s been lost. But not always. Like, in North America’s Sonoran Desert, the iconic ...

Deadly drownings of animals in water canals for irrigation and other purposes have been observed in various countries. The ...

Local plant experts don’t know what is causing some Saguaros to snap like a twig after some cactuses lost arms or fell apart ...

a cactus species. I didn't realize how special that was as a child, but exploring the park as an adult gave me a better appreciation for the landscape of the Sonoran Desert where I grew up.

Spring officially starts on March 20, but warm weather and blooming flowers usually come early in Arizona. Here's how you know it's springtime.

Aside from the warm weather, there are certain plants and animals unique to the Sonoran Desert that serve as ... we're just on a different timeline. Fall weather typically doesn't come around ...

The desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), a small, hopping marsupial believed to be extinct since 1994, may still be ...

The Americas showcases the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the world’s great supercontinent. For the first time, the ...