The saguaro, barrel and nopal cacti are staples of the Sonoran Desert, pictured on almost every postcard from the Southwest. Going unnoticed can be the ironwood, mesquite, palo verde and various ...

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

The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is a sprawling natural sanctuary showcasing the Sonoran Desert's rugged beauty. Spanning more ...

More than 1 million people could pour into western Maricopa County in the coming decades – if housing developers can secure ...

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 ...

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

My body protested against this trek through the Sonoran Desert, starting from a trailhead ... as wind bristles the leaves of ocotillo and mesquite trees. The stillness is punctured by little ...

My body protested this trek through the Sonoran Desert, starting from a trailhead ... flora as wind bristles the leaves of ocotillo and mesquite trees. The stillness is punctured by little more ...

Tucson isn’t Los Angeles, and the patchy saguaro scrubland of the Sonoran Desert isn’t the combustible ... access for our fire trucks, (burning) mesquite trees are going to cast embers into ...

Enjoy a peaceful escape with a visit to one of these stunning botanical gardens chosen by our featured panelists.