If you thought the desert landscape was primarily dust and tumbleweed with no vibrant greenery, wait until you see what this botanical garden in Phoenix has to offer. Arizona's Desert Botanical ...

Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

Across the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's 98 acres, you'll find 230 animal species – including hummingbirds, coyotes and string rays – along with 1,200 local plant species. Next to the ...

“Save the Desert,” it said. The Starck Ranch was located on a “pie-shaped wedge of land” between the corner of Scottsdale and Indian School roads and the Arizona Canal, according to a 1985 ...