The University of Arizona’s Data Diversity Lab gives researchers a new way to picture the future of life on Earth. By blending ecology, evolution and advanced data science, the lab creates tools aimed ...
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 ...
Don Swann, biologist with the National Park Service, left, and Gabe León with American Conservation Experience, take pictures at Saguaro National Park West as part of an effort to track cactus flowers ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It’s that time of year when saguaros are blooming, so if you’re driving or walking in your neighborhood and come across a saguaro cactus flower, you might want to stop and take ...
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 ...
Most people see their first saguaro (pronounced “sah-wah-roh”) cactus on television, perhaps in a cartoon or a Western movie. The signature plants of the Sonoran Desert, towering saguaro cacti ...
Cactuses sure give Arizonans a lot to talk about. From towering Saguaros that are not what they look like, to a cactus looking like a couple kissing, to stunning flowers that bloom en mass for only ...
President Teddy Roosevelt, the quintessential conservationist, said, "A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.” While in Tucson, Arizona, ...
A child belonging to the Hohokam culture who died in southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert 500 to 1,000 years ago appears to have been fed a special diet in the final weeks of life that included hundreds ...