Tourists journey from far and wide to the deserts of Arizona to marvel at one of America's most incredible plants: the giant saguaro cactus. Growing up to 50 feet in height and living for up to ...
This 92,867-acre park is dedicated to the largest cactus in the U.S., the saguaro (pronounced sa-WAH-ro), a universal symbol of the American West. The park is divided into two districts ...
Cactus ferruginous pygmy owls are named for the saguaro cactuses they live in, their rusty-colored stripes ... Endangered Species Act protections for the owl initiated a new era of urban planning in ...
And so it was that in March 2000 at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona, Hutto set his sights on the Sonoran Desert’s stately icon — the saguaro cactus. Several years earlier, ...