What's changed and what's at risk? The heat also fuels wildfires in Arizona, already aggravated by invasive plant species that took root in the desert environment, creating grasslands that become ...

Krista Kemppinen, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Arizona, said the double whammy of extreme heat and drought together is what’s really affecting the desert ...

Hale, ruddy-cheeked Hess grew up in Wisconsin, but he has thrived in the desert. He rides his bike to and from work, even through the blazing Arizona summer heat, and he is the undisputed champion ...

The iconic Saguaro cactus is struggling as heat and drought intensify in Arizona. With record-setting summers in 2020, 2023 and 2024, scientists at the Desert Botanical Garden are noticing unusual ...

PHOENIX - Three Mexican migrants have died in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico ... as the region swelters through an excessive heat watch that extends into the Lower Colorado ...

PHOENIX (Stacker) - Two white men in their 60s live hundreds of miles away from each other, one in Arizona and the other ... So why is the subject living in the desert Southwest more than a ...

A hiker died Sunday in the Arizona desert, where temperatures had soared ... Several others in the group were also suffering from heat-related issues and said they had run out of water, according ...

Migrants seeking asylum from Central and South America walk alongside border fencing after illegally crossing over into the U.S. on June 24, 2024 in Ruby, Arizona ... heat of the desert areas ...