these towering plants have come to represent America's arid desert regions as a whole. For many travelers, the go-to place to witness these incredible cacti is Saguaro National Park in Arizona.

And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding. These arid lands support a rich variety of birds, including some birds that ...

The Gila woodpecker nests inside the stem of the saguaro cactus where the temperature ... Boerhavia repens is a desert plant which can germinate, grow, produce flowers and ripen seeds in the ...

The saguaro cactus is a distinctive icon of the American Southwest, found only in the Sonoran Desert. This towering plant, which can grow up to 60 feet tall and live for more than 200 years, is the ...

That could mean trouble not just for people but for some plants ... At the Desert Botanical Garden, three of the treasured institution’s more than 1,000 saguaro cactuses have toppled over ...

But the matter of the saguaro’s so-called branching pattern is one ... it increases the potential damage wildfires can inflict on cacti. In a healthy desert ecosystem, plants are relatively isolated ...

This 92,867-acre park is dedicated to the largest cactus in the U.S., the saguaro (pronounced sa-WAH-ro), a universal symbol of the American West. The park is divided into two districts ...

With over two million cacti dotting the landscape in southeastern Arizona, Saguaro National Park is a must-visit location any time of the year. But in the springtime, the saguaros and a variety of ...