After years of avoiding beaches, boats, and pretty much any activity involving water, Cactus, the rescue dog, picked a very ...

On my first weekend in Tucson, friends drove me to Gates Pass west of town to watch the sunset. We climbed the slope a little ways and I was introduced to the species of cactus called cholla, or ...

Cacti may look like slow, stubborn desert survivors, but they’re actually evolving at lightning speed. Scientists studying more than 750 cactus species discovered that what really drives the explosion ...

An invasive earthworm that can rapidly destroy soil and plant life has now been detected in Colorado, state officials confirmed. Known as the Asian jumping worm — or “crazy worm” — the species spreads ...

Jumping worms, also known as "snake worms" or "crazy worms," are rapidly spreading across the country, and recently made it to the West. Reading time 3 minutes Agriculture officials are sounding the ...

A destructive "jumping worm" species is threatening gardens in Colorado and the West, state officials said, as they urged green thumbs to keep their eyes peeled for the invasive pests. Subscribe to ...

PHOENIX — It was about 6:30 a.m. when the saguaro fell and the group chat lit up. Lidar scanners — the same tech that allows self-driving cars to create 3D maps of their environments — had been ...