It’s also a big deal for conservation: the new land helps protect vital Sonoran Desert habitat, where desert tortoises roam, mountain lions prowl, and towering saguaro cacti—some reaching 60 ...

The addition will strengthen wildlife corridors, preserve Sonoran desert habitat and expand recreational access. The Trust for Public Land, an organization with a mission to create quality parks ...

Arizona's diverse landscapes, from desert blooms to mountain forests, provide essential food and shelter. Here's the hummingbird migration map 2025, what hummingbirds eat and how to attract them.

Right where the Chihuahuan Desert meets the shortgrass prairie, Larsen told me, is an extremely diverse habitat for plant species. In addition to freshwater sloughs, ponds, marshes, springs ...

The property encompasses the western part of the greatest expanse of windblown sand on Earth, known as Ar Rub' al-KhaIi, and conserves a portion of one of the Earth’s most spectacular desert ...

Over 30 of our local scouts helped the Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert with their tortoise habitat. Our chief photographer, Christopher Flicker, brings us this story.