Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of one of the world's largest and driest deserts has turned it into a ...

As large solar projects become more common across the Mountain West, questions remain about their environmental footprint, ...

Grist reports solar farms, like the Gemini project, can enhance biodiversity, supporting rare plants like the threecorner ...

Rosie Crocker grew up in the Phoenix area surrounded by mostly concrete, as she remembers it. It wasn’t until she moved to ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It’s not just people at risk from the heat. Even tough desert plants can have trouble when heat’s this extreme and this prolonged. Saguaros live an average of 150 to 175 years ...

After a wetter-than-usual winter and early bursts of color across Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, a familiar question is ...

Identifying plants is a very useful skill for gardeners. It’s good to know what you’re planting without relying on the (sometimes flawed) knowledge of others. It’s a skill that can save you money in ...

Sitting in eastern California near Nevada, Death Valley is the hottest, driest, and lowest national park in the U.S. At its ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering weather ...

I took a drive to Phoenix, Arizona, just a week into May to see my son and his family. What made it a phenomenal drive was that much of the desert in both California and Arizona was receiving ...

Most think of shallow dishes crowded with tiny, drought-resistant plants when it comes to succulents gardening. But why not ...