Beyond the saguaros, an intricate web of life flourishes. Mesquite and palo verde trees provide shade and sustenance while blooming ocotillo and prickly pear cacti attract pollinators like ...

The Sonoran Desert is an icon of the Wild West ... Other cacti include organ pipe cacti, cholla cacti, and ocotillo. Fauna found here includes kangaroo rats, owls, scorpions, gila woodpeckers ...

This section of the Sonoran Desert near the border between Arizona and Mexico features ... mesquite and palo verde trees, and ocotillo. Hike on the park's nine scenic trails or take a drive on the ...

My body protested against this trek through the Sonoran Desert, starting from a trailhead ... from the flora as wind bristles the leaves of ocotillo and mesquite trees. The stillness is punctured ...