On St. John the Baptist's feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O'odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, ...

Plenty of summer-blooming perennials enhance the visual appeal of a yard while emitting pleasant aromas. Think yellow ...

Sand scorpions, nocturnal hunters who spend their days in burrows, also leave distinct tracks.

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act protections for the Tecopa bird’s beak, a rare desert wetland wildflower that grows in ...

Flowers are a natural way to lure birds to your yard, and this heat-resistant perennial does so with its vibrant blooms that ...

Visit this large but lesser-known state park for stunning wildflowers, epic hikes, starry night skies, and camping among ...

Begonias, pentas, geraniums, marigolds, cosmos, and primroses are some of the 16 annual flowers that can still bloom in ...

If April showers bring May flowers, what will May rainstorms bring? The answer to that was all around and dazzling because desert plants are programmed to race to make seeds and buds and flowers.

Some flower species actually thrive in drier conditions. Many plants have evolved to be drought-tolerant, especially those that originate from warmer or desert climates.

Two Indigenous food educators led a tour showcasing edible and useful Sonoran Desert plants. Participants learned about palo verde flowers for tea, edamame-tasting pods and hunting woodrats.

Two Indigenous food educators showcased the abundance of the Sonoran Desert during a tour for the Society of Environmental Journalists ’ annual conference on April 25. Their wisdom, while better ...