This project is the sixth land protection initiative that TPL has undertaken to intensify the beauty of the park and ...

Saguaro National Park is expanding once again, thanks to a new acquisition by the Trust for Public Land (TPL) in partnership ...

Along the scenic stretches of northwestern Arizona, a tall, stately sentinel stands watch over the desert landscape. It isn’t ...

As the trail wound its way into Arizona's Sky Islands, the region's biodiversity was on full display, as were the threats from rising temperatures.

Saguaro Park in southeastern Arizona, near Tucson, offers a landscape unlike anything you’ll see elsewhere. The park hosts about a million visitors per year (in 2024, 946,000 people visited).

The saguaro cactus is engineered for endurance in one of North America’s toughest environments. Rising up to 70 feet tall, with arms reaching skyward like desert sculptures, the cactus endures searing ...

Justin Stewart, an ecologist with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, collects a sample of soil containing mycorrhizal fungi taken at Saguaro National Park. Credit: Wyatt ...

As Arizona endures scorching temperatures, the state's native desert fauna are under considerable stress, with the saguaro cactus and rattlesnakes experiencing a steep decline in population. ABC15 ...

Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham Nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, this June. Credit: Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo ...

The mighty saguaro cactus is both a cultural and ecological icon. Crimson fruits open and drop preceding the monsoon season providing sustenance for desert life at the hottest, driest time of the year ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro cactus, an icon ...

TUCSON, Ariz. • Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro cactus, an icon ...