“One or two years of low blooming I don’t think is cause for alarm,” Dimmitt said. Don Swann, biologist with the National Park Service, left, and Gabe León with American Conservation Experience, take ...

Cactuses are an integral part of the Arizona landscape — especially the tall saguaros that tower over swaths of the desert. Each year in the late spring, white blossoms emerge in the desert, crowning ...

You might have been driving around Tucson these last few weeks and noticed our beloved saguaros have been sporting new hairdos. No, they're not growing baby avocados at the crown of their heads. These ...

Saguaro Park in southeastern Arizona, near Tucson, offers a landscape unlike anything you’ll see elsewhere. The park hosts ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Wildflowers sprung up all over the place at the start of spring and the month of May has seen an explosion of cactus flowers and saguaro blooms. A Saguaro National Park spokesperson ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The saguaro cactuses, towering above visitors with its long, outstretched arms, is the icon of the southwest. Arizonans see them every day, a constant in the Sonoran desert ...

Each side of Saguaro National Park offers a visitor center with restrooms and watering stations. Visitors will find maps, ...

Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham Nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, this June. Credit: Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo ...

The saguaro cactus is perhaps the most iconic symbol of our state. You can find it pictured everywhere from coffee cups to murals to tattoos. People love saguaros, but we know surprisingly little ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (CN) — For thousands of years, one plant has served as the sentinel of the Sonoran Desert. Thriving through three distinct biomes and migrating north from Mexico over several million ...