Saguaro National Park straddles Tucson's east and west sides in southern Arizona. First-time visitors need to know if it offers two different districts: an eastern and a western district. Visitors ...

It is an area created to protect the saguaro cactus. It is comprised of two separate districts encompassing over 91,000 acres ...

Saguaro National Park, named for the country’s largest cacti, is made up of two distinct districts on either side of Tucson. Located within the Sonoran Desert, Rincon Mountain District (Saguaro ...

TUCSON — The giant saguaro, an icon of the American West, is beloved in this state. Arms raised in a perpetual “hello there,” the saguaro covers the desert wilderness and thrives in cities.

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

In 2016, the removal of a saguaro caught media attention when it was chopped down legally by the city of Tucson because it was on the verge of falling down over a street, according to an article ...

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

While in Tucson, Arizona, recently I was able to fully appreciate his sentiment. ... The largest member of the cactus family in North America, the saguaro cactus is the only species in its genus.

The saguaro cactus towered over the hilltop outside Tucson like a massive hand rising out of the earth. Generations of hikers posed for pictures at the base of the hulking, treelike plant, whose ...

A 10-foot-tall stainless steel saguaro cactus, born in Tucson, went to its forever home this summer at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

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.

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