Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% every year, and is now closer to 7% ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ripens. For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, whose ancestors have ...

Saguaros are the iconic plant of the Sonoran Desert, a land straddling the border between Arizona and Sonora ... Starting in May, O’odham families check the saguaro buds. The fruit is usually ripe by ...

TUCSON, Ariz. • Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early ...

The history of encounters between Catholicism and Native spirituality has often been marred by violence and oppression.

Arizona's saguaro cactus has evolved to thrive in the extreme climate of the Sonoran Desert, but after decades of rising heat, even these towering icons are showing signs of stress.

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens TUCSON, Ariz. -- Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens. For the Tohono O'odham Nation, harvest time for the “bahidaj," or saguaro fruit ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ripens. For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation ...

Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025.

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens ...