Arizona's iconic saguaro cacti are falling over and dying thanks to extreme heat in the state. The plants, although adapted to hot temperatures, rely on summer monsoon rains that haven't come. Phoenix ...

Arizona's pygmy-owl will once more be protected under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday it would list the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl as a threatened ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Between crested cactuses and the "four-arm flexing" cactus, Arizona's native flora can take some unusual shapes. Tucson even has ...

Cactuses are an integral part of the Arizona landscape — especially the tall saguaros that tower over swaths of the desert. Each year in the late spring, white blossoms emerge in the desert, crowning ...

PHEONIX (CNN) — At a botanical garden in Phoenix some cactuses can’t take the heat. Record-high temperatures in Arizona, combined with a lack of seasonal monsoons, have caused saguaro cactuses at the ...

Between crested cactuses and the "four-arm flexing" cactus, Arizona's native flora can take some unusual shapes. Tucson even has the kissing cactus, which looks like a couple embracing. But the T-Rex ...

PHOENIX - The saguaros that tower over the Sonoran Desert are synonymous with Arizona and are known for their resilience, but experts are concerned that this heat could be too much for them. The cacti ...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's saguaro cacti, a symbol of the U.S. West, are leaning, losing arms and in some cases falling over during the state's record streak of extreme heat, a scientist said on ...