And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding.

Let nature be your guide as you immerse in the beauty of our desert wilds. Here are six places to enjoy the outdoors.

Cactus ferruginous pygmy owls are named for the saguaro ... These tiny owls have become synonymous with wild Sonoran Desert: Endangered Species Act protections for the owl initiated a new era of urban ...

Visitors who arrive mid-February through mid-June will see an abundance of blooming cactus just ... Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers ...

But reaching out of nooks in the cracked crust along the desert's coast, there lie thousands of Copiapoa cacti. A cactus group made up of more than 30 species, Copiapoa are found only in Chile. They ...

Cactus ferruginous pygmy owls are named for the saguaro ... These tiny owls have become synonymous with wild Sonoran Desert: Endangered Species Act protections for the owl initiated a new era of urban ...