Geologists examine a massive fissure in Arizona and find that may have existed way before it caught public attention.

Across the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's 98 acres, you'll find 230 animal species – including hummingbirds, coyotes and string rays – along with 1,200 local plant species. Next to the ...

Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

“Save the Desert,” it said. The Starck Ranch was located on a “pie-shaped wedge of land” between the corner of Scottsdale and Indian School roads and the Arizona Canal, according to a 1985 ...