TUCSON, Ariz. - Federal officials have concluded that Sonoran desert tortoises native to Arizona have a relatively stable population that doesn’t need protection from environmental threats, but ...
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 ...
The Sonoran Desert is one of the largest deserts in North America. Credit: Unsplash/Jim Witkowski Many Americans might be surprised just how expansive and diverse the Sonoran Desert actually is. The ...
As saguaros across the Sonoran Desert suffer from the combined stresses of extreme heat and drought, researchers say these climate changes threaten the large saguaro forests we see across Southern ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Sonoran desert has gone through many changes over the years and we are currently in an era of expansion for our desert. The Sonoran desert has largely been around the same ...
How much does a fully hydrated saguaro weigh? After a good amount of monsoon storms, a fully hydrated saguaro can weigh anywhere from 3,200-4,800 pounds. -Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum How many ...
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 ...