Saguaro National Park is more tricky because it’s so hot and has lots of pet hazards, such as venomous snakes, spiky cactus ...

A saguaro doesn’t start flowering—providing a vital food source and reproducing—until it’s more than 35 years old. Around age 50, the cactus starts growing arms, which also flower.

Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% ...

The beloved cactus, nearly 100 years older than Arizona itself, weathered generations of storms and droughts, until it toppled to the ground after August rains.

Arizona's saguaro cacti, a symbol of the U.S. West, are leaning, losing arms and in some cases falling over as record-breaking extreme heat consumes the state, plant researchers say.. Summer ...

The superstar of the Sonoran Desert is the saguaro cactus. From a distance an observer might be forgiven for wondering why someone planted a line of slightly misshapen telephone poles.

Saguaro census finds about 1,000 damaged cacti in ... “Coyotes will eat the fruit when it drops to ... “We also have Gila woodpeckers that will bore those holes in the inside of the cactus.

Rain in Arizona has brought down a centuries-old landmark.. Summer showers at Catalina State Park in Tucson have felled a massive saguaro cactus.The statuesque plants, which can grow over 12 ...

In the Sonora Desert in Arizona, the saguaro cacti grow tall and live long. One cactus known to locals as “Strong-Arm” stood more than 40 feet high and had 34 arms. Strong-Arm lived an ...

Strong-Arm stood more than 40 feet high and had 34 arms. It lived an estimated 150 years. (Kevin Goldstein) In the Sonora Desert in Arizona, the saguaro cacti grow tall and live long. One cactus ...