And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding. These arid lands support a rich variety of birds, including some birds that ...

While I am admittedly not always a fan of the piping hot summers we have here in Arizona, I do enjoy watching springtime ...

Private yachts were moored nearby, and some of the biggest celebrities were in attendance as Saudi Arabia partially opened Neom, its ambitious $500 billion mega-city in the desert. The event was ...

Thermal mass is the ability of a material to absorb, store, and release heat. Used to moderate building temperatures by reducing fluctuations, the concept is crucial in improving energy efficiency ...

But reaching out of nooks in the cracked crust along the desert's coast, there lie thousands of Copiapoa cacti. A cactus group made up of more than 30 species, Copiapoa are found only in Chile.

The Caminantes organise yearly cactus watering tours, but it's little in the face of the desert's extended droughts. "Yeah this one is dying," says Castillo, nudging a dark, deflated sack of spines.

Here are 10 big questions as the Rockies enter the second half of their Cactus League season: 1. The Rockies entered the weekend with a 10-3-1 record. What does that mean for the regular season?

You won’t know until you grab a shovel and start digging in Desert Detectors. Soon, you’ll be the best gold digger, but in a literal sense. Desert Detectors codes can be of huge help if you ...

The Gospel reading presented to us for the First Sunday of Lent is rather familiar to all of us — Our Lord’s temptation in the desert. In fact, in every cycle of the Lectionary (recall that the “A” ...

Authorities in northern Mexico on Wednesday found about 70 pounds of fentanyl hidden inside boxes of sliced cactus, a quintessential Mexican food staple known as nopales. Mexican law enforcement ...

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