The city of Phoenix has planted several gardens to support struggling monarch butterflies, including one at the downtown ...

Arizona hides a shopper’s paradise where bargain hunters and collectors converge in an endless maze of treasures – the Mesa ...

Their approach—combining respect for natural desert beauty with sophisticated design sensibilities—established principles that continue to influence landscape architects working in arid environments ...

Refreshing horchata provides the perfect counterpoint to the Arizona heat, its cinnamon-spiced sweetness washing down the ...

The most important requirement for evergreen trees to thrive is drainage. When planting, blend one shovelful of Watters ...

and as far south as Texas and Arizona.' Native to dry, arid environments, prickly pears can be grown in both hot and cold ...

They found that the insects in orchards next to native plants fed on more than twice as many different plant species, especially during times when avocado trees weren’t flowering.

Native plants are more than just part of the scenery. They’re the backbone of functioning ecosystems — especially for native birds and insects. When these plants disappear, so do the species ...

PHOTO ESSAY: Tohono O’odham families carry on sacred saguaro fruit harvest in Arizona borderlands Tanisha Tucker Lohse, right, and Maria Francisco, both of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, harvest fruit ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — On St. John the Baptist’s feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O’odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, where they ...