Native edible trees and plants have a bounty of benefits to the desert and the people living in it. The trees and plants ...

velvet mesquite, desert sand verbena and a pungent, cilantro-like wild herb known as papalo. This Sonoran feast for the ...

My body protested this trek through the Sonoran Desert, starting from a trailhead 25 miles outside ... All shades of green ...

The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is a sprawling natural sanctuary showcasing the Sonoran Desert's rugged beauty. Spanning more than 30,000 acres, this preserve is one of the largest urban preserves in ...

Home to the oldest continuously cultivated soil in the US, this desert-bound city boasts a fascinating food scene all its own.

This section of the Sonoran Desert near the border between Arizona and Mexico features ... as well as hundreds of other native plant species, such as saguaro, cholla, mesquite and palo verde trees, ...

Craving Tex-Mex in Tucson? You won't be short on top-tier restaurants. Here's where to find the best Southwestern food in the ...

Mashed mesquite pod porridge sweetened with prickly ... As Niethammer explained, the diet of the Sonoran desert's early residents transformed with the advent of agriculture here in roughly 2200 ...