The fan palm will attract nesting birds to your garden. Joshua Trees are icons of the Mojave Desert. While they can grow up to 30 feet tall, they are slow-growing even in the best of growing ...

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert. In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ...

Native desert plants are common in landscaping across Arizona to use less water, a practice called xeriscaping.

Two Indigenous food educators led a tour showcasing edible and useful Sonoran Desert plants. Participants learned about palo verde flowers for tea, edamame-tasting pods and hunting woodrats.