Such fatal encounters are extremely rare, yet residents of the Southwest tell SFGATE that nonlethal run-ins with cacti are ...

In the middle of the Bush Fire burn scar northeast of Phoenix, Natural Restorations co-founder Justin Corey demonstrated how to plant a saguaro cactus. First thing to know: They're sharp. Corey ...

You'll be amazed by the ways desert birds survive and thrive in dry country. Learn about the bird species that live in ...

Each spring, the iconic saguaro cacti looms across parts of Arizona. The prickly mysterious giant grows in the desolate Sonoran desert covering southern Arizona and northern Mexico, but it might be in ...

The cacti arrive in buckets and cardboard boxes, in truck beds and plastic cups. Some are prickly green knobs smaller than a fist; others are saguaros a few feet tall—miniature versions of the ...

The deserts in California are home to endemic plants, animals, desert cities, the hottest place on the earth and the lowest ...