This icon of Arizona’s landscape serves important spiritual and cultural purposes to communities in the Southwest and is a lesson in resilience: The average lifespan of a saguaro is between 150 ...

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PHOENIX - The heat and drought are taking a toll on Arizona's iconic Saguaro cactus. The symbol of the southwest may be in big trouble and scientists are scrambling to find answers. Why you should ...

An iconic saguaro cactus estimated to be nearly 200 years old has fallen victim to the torrential rains that hit Arizona’s Catalina ... count as “the universal symbol of the American west ...