LAS VEGAS — On a sun-parched stretch of West Charleston Boulevard, Norm Schilling pulled his truck over to the side of the road just to visit his favorite tree. Schilling, a local horticulturalist who ...

The lean, deeply tanned man with a white beard and bright blue eyes has a request before we sit down.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It’s not just people at risk from the heat. Even tough desert plants can have trouble when heat’s this extreme and this prolonged. Saguaros live an average of 150 to 175 years ...

Life in places like California’s Death Valley pushes everything to its limit. Temperatures rise past 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The light is harsh, the soil is dry, and most plants wilt fast. Yet one low ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — There have been 112 days where Tucson hit 100 degrees or hotter this year, the most since the National Weather Service started keeping track in 1895. And people aren’t the only ...

Despite the desert environment of the Coachella Valley, most of the landscaping here is predominantly made up of non-native and even tropical plants. Although aesthetically pleasing, these plants, ...

I took a drive to Phoenix, Arizona, just a week into May to see my son and his family. What made it a phenomenal drive was that much of the desert in both California and Arizona was receiving ...

WE TAKE MEMORIES HOME WITH US... after an educational and uplifting visit to an animal park. We remember the giraffes we admired, and the strange succulents that wowed us, and our time marveling at ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering weather ...