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

Twenty people from 18 different countries took the Oath of Allegiance during Saguaro National Park's naturalization ceremony ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ...

Soar above the rugged beauty of Saguaro National Park in southern Arizona, where the iconic saguaro cacti rise from the ...

For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, the centuries-old sacred harvest of saguaro fruit from the desert around Tucson is ...

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.

Reactions to a controversial saguaro removal caught on video on a golf course in Marana highlights the importance and value of the cactus to southern Arizona communities.

Tens of thousands of cactuses grow in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. Yet according to the park's website, roughly 25 crested saguaros have been found within its boundaries.

Arizona's saguaro cacti, a symbol of the U.S. West, are leaning, losing arms and in some cases falling over as record-breaking extreme heat consumes the state, plant researchers say.. Summer ...

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 Tuesday.

The saguaro and its spiritual story. Saguaros are the iconic plant of the Sonoran Desert, a land straddling the border between Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, that’s surprisingly lush even though it ...

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 ...