(The largest species in North America is the giant cardon cactus ... Saguaros have an intricate root system. A single “taproot” grows straight down about five feet to access water that’s stored deep ...

The combination of extreme heat and sustained drought in the Sonoran Desert is taking a toll on our iconic saguaro cactuses ... to have an extremely shallow root system so they can quickly ...

Human-caused climate change driven primarily by the burning of fossil fuels is robbing the Sonoran Desert of the conditions needed to help baby saguaro take root and thrive. So, as the desert ...

History records that when Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés led an expedition in 1535 to what we know today as Baja California, he was greeted by an army of giants — giant cacti ...

THE PARK WAS ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE THE NATION’S LARGEST CACTUS, THE GIANT SAGUARO, THE ICONIC SYMBOL OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. MAKE SURE TO VISIT THE MUSEUM TO SEE “CLYDE BUTCHER’S AMERICA ...

Ecologists are optimistic a giant cactus in the Tonto National Forest, thought to be the second largest saguaro in the world ... "Some of the Grand One’s roots that are above ground do not ...

The giant saguaro known as the Grand One appears ... When it rained, soil was washed away near the saguaro, exposing the roots and leaving the Grand One vulnerable to toppling over.

One giant saguaro lies prone, with two huge trunks jutting out from a thick set of roots running parallel to the ground. Another still stands but it’s been sheared off at the top. Two big arms ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Forget flowers. Southern Arizona economic leaders are sending Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos a giant saguaro cactus ahead of Tucson's proposal to become the future site for the ...