LAS VEGAS — On a sun-parched stretch of West Charleston Boulevard, Norm Schilling pulled his truck over to the side of the road just to visit his favorite tree. Schilling, a local horticulturalist who ...

APRIL IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT? It's a month you could confidently deem especially "festival-forward," thanks to all of the sizable under-the-sun celebrations. These parties are usually awash in art, ...

For the past 15 years, Philip Rundel has been developing this book through his long-term relationship and travels in deserts of the Southwestern United States, northern Chile and southern Africa. His ...

As The Desert Sun’s opinion and community engagement editor, I’m always looking for ways to collaborate with you, the readers — which is why I jumped at the opportunity to work with horticultural ...

Despite the desert environment of the Coachella Valley, most of the landscaping here is predominantly made up of non-native and even tropical plants. Although aesthetically pleasing, these plants, ...

A visit to this Missouri cactus garden reveals a surprising pocket of desert beauty, making it feel like the Southwest is ...

With their tough skins, pointy armor and legendary stamina, cacti are made to defend themselves from whatever nature throws at them. But large solar energy facilities are one threat that cacti weren’t ...

California’s biggest wildfire of the year — burning through delicate Joshua tree forests along the California-Nevada border — is an unusual desert blaze being fueled in part by the rapid growth of ...

The steady decline of plants in Southern California’s portion of the Sonoran Desert — which includes Anza-Borrego Desert State Park — is caused by climate change-driven heat increases, according to a ...

Only a fortnight ago, I was exploring the vast charlands opposite Rajshahi Town in Bangladesh, formed by the mighty Padma River. Standing on those sandy islands, I was often reminded of the deserts of ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering weather ...