For Cactus, a rescued desert dog, the newest activity just happened to be taking a swim in the ocean. While we've seen plenty of dogs swimming for hours on end, Cactus is a little bit different. Apart ...

Prickly pear pads, or nopales, are widely available in Mexican groceries, but they are also showing up in Arizona farms.

Discover some of the world's most incredible desert plants that thrive in extreme heat and dry conditions with little ...

Discover the fascinating world of desert plants and the remarkable adaptations that help them survive extreme heat, scarce rainfall, and dry conditions. From water-storing cacti to fog-harvesting ...

Living at altitudes with less than half the oxygen at sea level, these mice have adapted to their environment in unique ways ...

Adam Farrell-Wortman has spent more than a decade caring for saguaros at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, where he is the ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. It all began with a business contract ...

Claire Wadsworth and Nikki Hill — the life and business partners behind La Copine, the cult-favorite restaurant near Joshua Tree — have released their debut cookbook, La Copine: New California Cooking ...

There’s a place in Arizona that locals mention in hushed, reverent tones, like they’re sharing the location of the best ...

Arizona has a funny way of hiding its best stuff in plain sight, and Beachcomber Boulevard in Lake Havasu City is proof of ...

For half a century, workers in northern China have been using a technique called "straw checkerboards" to combat ...