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 ...

Four rare species have fluttered into view during my continuing quest to photograph the endangered Mount Charleston blue ...

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 ...

Speckle your coastal sightlines in a sea of colorful perennials, which resist deer, tolerate wind and salt spray, and can withstand the gusty breezes from the ocean's tides. Ideal for exposed coastal ...

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

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...