The word 'drought' typically conjures images of parched soil, dust-swept prairies, depleted reservoirs, and dry creek beds, all the result of weeks or seasons of persistently dry atmospheric ...

Ironwood trees (Olneya tesota), shown here in bloom, are found only in the Sonoran Desert and can grow to a height of over 45 feet (14 meters) and live for more than 1,500 years in dry locations ...

The Crested Saguaro Society began searching the approximately 100,000-square-mile desert for crested saguaros — the largest cactus in the U.S., often growing over 40 feet tall and adorned with a ...

The average high temperature across the Sonoran Desert is 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) and its average low temperature is 73 degrees F (23 degrees C). The average June precipitation is zilch ...

The Sonoran Desert, known for its harsh, dry conditions, is showing signs of an unexpected green transformation that has scientists and experts deeply concerned. This rapid shift in vegetation ...

But photographer Jack Dykinga managed to capture images of the ground earlier this month when it was blanketed in 10 centimetres (4 inches) of snow, albeit just for a fleeting 4 hours ...

One of the first huge wildfires came in 2005, when the Cave Creek Complex fire burned 243,000 acres. Then, in the summer of 2020, Mr. Pike watched the sky turn orange as the Bush fire burned ...

These indentations in the ground resemble dry creek beds, through which water flows after rainfall. Jennifer Prince is a freelance writer based in Virginia. Follow her on Instagram .