or Gopherus agassizii — are officially a different species from tortoises in Arizona and Mexico, previously called "the Sonoran population of desert tortoises" and newly dubbed Morafka's desert ...

The Green Valley Gardeners’ seminar on Thursday, Jan. 9 will feature Ben Tully, an Invasive Species Outreach Coordinator with Pima County Cooperative Extension.

These tiny owls have become synonymous with wild Sonoran Desert: Endangered Species Act protections for the owl initiated a new era of urban planning in southern Arizona. Within the bird's critical ...

This bat species is part of the leaf-nosed bat family ... They can also be found in the Sonoran Desert and throughout Mexico. While they travel, these bats gather by the thousands in roosts ...

Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world. The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...