Texas’ state plant, the prickly pear cactus, is being devoured by invasive caterpillars. So Texas scientists are releasing ...

Researchers are concerned the declines will lessen the scale of and in some cases possibly eliminate the large saguaro forests in Arizona.

A new study finds that the Sonoran Desert’s iconic cactuses are suffering, not only from prolonged drought but also from ...

Nopal cactus grows where others wouldn’t dare. Resilient, versatile, and adaptive, it is one of the most widely recognized ...

On April 11, Trump ordered the military to take control of the Roosevelt Reservation – a 60-foot wide strip of federal land ...

The Fountain Theatre, the oldest movie house in New Mexico, shows films that never make it to the big multiplexes. It’s ...

A zone and Trump’s order cover Arizona’s four border counties – Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise – except for a 62-mile ...

Coach Kent Murphy is back — and this time, he’s taking on the Cactus League! In Part 1 of this brand-new series, Coach Kent ...

Forget crowded beaches and overpriced tourist traps – the summer escape you’ve been dreaming of is hiding in plain sight in ...

New Mexico will have to watch the news to see the Eastern United States swarm, but listen for the plains, scrub and the cactus dodger cicadas as you hike and sunbathe. The insects of the desert may be ...

Saguaro cactuses tower over Arizona's desert landscape ... another Guinness World Record — longest-lived cactus species. The saguaro and another cactus species (the cardón, native to northwest Mexico) ...

Rosales) CHIMAY”, N.M. (AP) — A unique Holy Week tradition drew thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert ...